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Megacon in Orlando is next weekend -- (link) - peglegpete Mar 15, 11:34 1
- Have been to that one about 15 years ago. It was okay, but not great. - Spawn Lord Mar 15, 12:08
dirty politics: a champaign co-chair/donor of a proposition to limit waterfront development height in SF wrote the voter guide argument against it -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 15, 11:29
This is the next Con we're going to, and as small as it is even it has a few "known" tv/movie people. - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jock Strap) Mar 15, 11:23 13
- consider the June Vegas con -- (link) - peglegpete Mar 15, 11:31 1
  - Sorry, but Rob Liefeld will be there. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 15, 11:32
- Who in the hell would wanna go to Stockton - eag Mar 15, 11:30 9
  - the Big Valley Convention with Lee Majors -- nm - peglegpete Mar 15, 11:36
  - Heh, I have to go to Visalia next weekend...Stockton might be an improvement ;) -- nm - Meg Mar 15, 11:34 5
    - As long as its not Lodi - eag Mar 15, 11:37 4
      - bah! you don't know middle of nowhere dirt towns if you haven't been stuck in Coalinga, those other towns you can get on the freeway and get the hell - zeitgeist Mar 15, 12:41
      - Hee, I made a point of playing that for Stephen when I took him on the Vegas road trip. -- nm - Meg Mar 15, 11:40 1
        
        Yup, I remember that! -- nm - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jockstrap) Mar 15, 11:44
      - Or Gilroy -- nm - eag Mar 15, 11:39
  - Someone who lives 5 m -- nm - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jock Strap) Mar 15, 11:33 1
    - sfek 5-10 minutes away? :) -- nm - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jock Strap) Mar 15, 11:33
- Be sure to ask Linda Blair to spin her head around for the kids! -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 15, 11:28
Heh. The Reverend Peyton replied to me on a twitter thread about Pharrel. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 11:18
Forgot how much I enjoyed Deadwood's opening credits too - Jovian Mar 15, 11:04 1
- all 3 seasons are on HBO on demand -- nm - peglegpete Mar 15, 11:20
Malaysian Govt Official: one or more people with significant flying experience hijacked the missing Malaysia Airlines jet - Strongbad Mar 15, 10:42 6
- climbing above the plane's ceiling height sounds like a suicide attempt, if that report was accurate - zeitgeist Mar 15, 11:37 1
  - Maybe it was a fuel conservation tactic, or maybe the autopilot was acting to compensate for bad input -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 11:40
- in related news, other Malaysian officials privately are blaming the Aswang . . . -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 15, 11:30
- I'm kind of siding with mop here and not believing a word they say -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 11:06 2
  - I'm not sure I believe what they say officially, but this seems plausible to me. I also think it could have been the pilor or copilot himself. -- nm - mara Mar 15, 11:10 1
    - Somalian air pirates. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 11:27
SDCC: Comic-Con tix were sold-out...in an hour. -- nm - budice Mar 15, 10:27 24
- It's nice that the new system wasn't FUBAR like last year. - TWuG Mar 15, 10:37
- When I win the lottery I'm traveling to all the Cons I can (get into). -- nm - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jockstrap) Mar 15, 10:37 17
  - Worldcon is in London this year. -- (link) - peglegpete Mar 15, 10:57 8
    - Right now, in fact. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 15, 11:21 1
      - Wait, confused that one with London Super Comic Con which is indeed right now. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 15, 11:22
    - If the website is any indication, that looks boring as hell! - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jockstrap) Mar 15, 11:10 5
      - Wondercon which is next month in Anaheim doesnt even have a guest list yet other than some comic book artist and writers -- nm - eag Mar 15, 11:21 1
        
        F Wonder Con in the neck! - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jock Strap) Mar 15, 11:25
      - yes scifi cons are not as loaded with tv/pop culture people as SD and more literature orientated. BUT they are not boring. -- nm - peglegpete Mar 15, 11:17
      - Not a Cory Doctorow, Robert Silverberg, Ben Bova, Mike Resnick, Kim Stanley Robinson, or David Brin fan, eh? -- nm - mara Mar 15, 11:14 1
        
        Who? heh -- nm - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jock Strap) Mar 15, 11:20
  - The one in Phoenix is in June - eag Mar 15, 10:51 7
    - Stan Lee! Bruce Campbell! -- nm - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jockstrap) Mar 15, 11:03 6
      - John Rhys Davies! Eliza Dushku the original! -- nm - eag Mar 15, 11:09 5
        
        the original? Is there a doppleganger? -- nm - mud Mar 15, 11:13 3
        
        Eliza 2.0 is Chloe Benett from Agents of Shield who plays Skye -- nm - eag Mar 15, 11:19 2
        
        Uh.... no. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 15, 11:30 1
        
        It was you guys on here that called her that - eag Mar 15, 11:36
        
        Cliff Clavin! -- nm - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jockstrap) Mar 15, 11:13
- *refresh* *refresh* -- nm - Strongbad Mar 15, 10:37 1
  - Refresh got you thrown out of line. Random lottery got you entry into the tix window. -- nm - budice Mar 15, 10:39
- Poor Sheldon and Leonard. -- nm - David Mar 15, 10:28
- We need ST Con -- nm - Bacon Mar 15, 10:27 1
  - I would cosplay as cruise ship Bacon -- nm - con_carne Mar 15, 10:40
In the past 90 minutes my neighborhood has gone from serene to bustling with people, many of them in green. - ty97 Mar 15, 10:21 1
- seattle does that every sounders soccor game -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 10:24
Just got back from the Am O' Gansett St. Patrick's Day parade. In time to down some ipas and watch Villa bring the boom on those Chelsea fuck wads -- nm - CQ Mar 15, 10:20
from the People Are Just Plain Stupid files . . . i just got to the public library, which opens at 12 on Saturday, and . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 15, 10:07 6
- Trying the doors is always a good idea. Or have you never seen a large group of people assume that someone else has checked? :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 11:39
- "yes, sing a showtune." -- nm - Reagen Mar 15, 10:42
- at least you get to pick your computer you want this time. -- nm - CQ Mar 15, 10:11 3
  - you know what? i'm going to give you some points for that ... hey Qale, (or whoever's in charge of points) how much is that worth for CQ remembering - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 15, 10:15 2
    - I remember because crap like that pisses me off too :) -- nm - CQ Mar 15, 10:18 1
      - ah, my kindred spirit , , , -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Mar 15, 10:23
oof...Fire Marshall has closed entrance to Indiana Comic Con. People in walkup for tickets are PISSED -- nm - Remlik Mar 15, 10:00 1
- Here is video -- (link) - Bacon Mar 15, 10:18 [youtube]
Whooooooooooooooo! - JD Mar 15, 09:53 1
- Coleman! -- nm - CQ Mar 15, 09:55
Will you are inactive on Delta.com -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 09:44
yup -- nm - prayformojo Mar 15, 09:28
I'm in queue to get a Comic-Con badge. Shall we take odds on how likely it is that I'm going to get one this year? - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 15, 09:07 5
- Wait, you're saying I can book a flight, pay a fortune for a hotel, and still get to attend on THURSDAY *and* SUNDAY? Awesome! -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 15, 10:20 2
  - I'm surprised Comic-Con hasn't wisened up and required anyone lucky enough to get a Friday or Saturday badge to pay full price for all 4 days. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 15, 10:38
  - But, you still got tickets, right? - IrishStephen (Master of The Filthy Jockstrap) Mar 15, 10:36
- So, next year I guess. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 15, 10:07
- and don't backspace either. -- nm - Remlik Mar 15, 09:12
Memo to self: There appears to be no better way to get me to buy "Forever" by Haim than to feature it in a Target commercial full of girls in swimsuit -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 15, 09:04 3
- this reminds me, I want to get a first day of issue Jimmy Hendrix 'forever' stamp -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 11:18 2
  - Thos reminds me, I do not want to listen to "Forever" by Kenny Loggins today. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 15, 11:29 1
    - *Looks at you with angry eyes -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 15, 11:40
Julious Peppers to the Packers on a 3 year deal -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 08:27 4
- He probably looked at Cutler's sack numbers and thought, twice a year I can set records -- nm - Bacon Mar 15, 08:47
- heh -- (link) - Spawn Lord Mar 15, 08:40
- Wow. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 15, 08:35
- nmbl -- (link) - Beaker Mar 15, 08:28
Yearly reminder: Everyone please check your fax machines today. -- nm - NFL Mar 15, 08:19 1
- Yep. Still in the closet, under the VCRs. -- nm - GregW Mar 15, 09:22
holy crap is Deadwood great right from the start. I never realized just how good it was from the first episode in. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 15, 07:45 1
- spoils - Beaker Mar 15, 08:21
A chicken is an egg's way of making another egg. - Catriona Creez Mar 15, 06:10 6
- Chickens and eggs are chicken DNA's way of making more chicken DNA. -- nm - mara Mar 15, 07:00 4
  - DNA is phosoplipids' way of seeing the world. -- nm - Reagen Mar 15, 07:06 3
    - Life is the universe's way of experiencing itself. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 09:17 2
      - godless heathens, the lot a ya -- nm - mud Mar 15, 09:34 1
        
        The universe is god's version of solitaire. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 10:05
- "More food for the tube!" -- nm - Reagen Mar 15, 06:49
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- 12 hours away!! -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 05:45
- *drafts Kershaw* What? -- nm - Krusty Mar 15, 05:41 6
  - I'd like to drafts pitchers to competitors teams. - the wrong element, bad guy Mar 15, 10:47
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    - I'd like to see a good hitting SP get to DH when he's not on the mound. -- nm - Krusty Mar 15, 05:52 3
      - Fernando Valenzuela pinch hit a few times for the Dodgers -- nm - eag Mar 15, 07:15 2
        
        Was 7 for 19 in his career -- nm - eag Mar 15, 07:17 1
        
        Drysdale was the main Pinch Hitter on his days off -- nm - amoxy Mar 15, 07:19
I want to watch Hannibal, but I want to eat breakfast. what to do? -- nm - loosi at home Mar 15, 05:06 6
- Have *sausage* for breakfast. Links, of course. -- nm - landbeck Mar 15, 06:10 2
  - *Blood* sausage -- nm - Catriona Creez Mar 15, 06:11 1
    - And *Blood* Orange Juice -- nm - amoxy Mar 15, 07:14
- sound only obvie -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Mar 15, 05:30
- eat while watching of course -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 05:17 1
  - You haven't see the show, have you? -- nm - loosi at home Mar 15, 05:18
Jimmy Fallon, Idina Menzel & The Roots Sing "Let It Go" from "Frozen" (w/ Classroom Instruments) -- (link) - Beaker Mar 15, 04:51 [youtube]
A source close to the situation tells me Brandon Spikes and the Buffalo #Bills have agreed to a deal. -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 04:39 1
- 1 year $3.25 mil -- nm - Beaker Mar 15, 04:40
Growing Evidence That Autism Is Linked to Pollution -- (link) - Catriona Creez Mar 15, 03:59 3
- That sounds like a whole lot of jumping to conclusions there. - Inigo Mar 15, 07:35
- Really? All this time I'd been thinking it was caused by cars and industrial waste. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Mar 15, 04:26 1
  - My money is on reality television -- nm - zork Mar 15, 07:55
Wake up -- nm - prayformojo Mar 15, 03:41
So, I spent the evening implementing a "What's Nearby" feature in one of my side projects. Fun stuff. :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 01:08
Does this mean anything: U.S. Treasury securities held for foriegn banks dropped by a notable record 104Billion this last week -- (link) - zeitgeist Mar 15, 00:25
"... maybe watch a couple episodes of the mentalist ..." ooh, that shawn spencer is a funny guy. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 14, 23:09
People complaining about the Veronica Mars download. -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 14, 22:06 7
- The people who want a DRM-free mp4 amuse me. Other than Netflix and Amazon, I don't know a format more universal for playback on your tv than UV. - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 15, 07:55
- These people are being stupid. -- nm - Reagen Mar 15, 06:49
- That's *terrible*. -- nm - Syrian refugee child Mar 15, 05:05 1
  - Ahhh, had a flashback that this was Skagnetti -- nm - amoxy Mar 15, 07:24
- If this is true "I have never been so disappointed" then you've had a damn good life so shut the eff up. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 15, 04:48
- Tech Support! -- nm - Broot Mar 14, 23:08
- Writer muckraking. - David Mar 14, 22:10
MEGAMILLIONS..nobody had 7,20,40,54,69..& 12... $400M est. jackpot tuesday -- nm - peglegpete Mar 14, 21:44 6
- I won 2 dollars -- nm - amoxy Mar 14, 22:26 3
  - Jenbro wants it! -- nm - Bacon Mar 15, 08:50 2
    - LOO -- nm - JenBro Mar 17, 14:26 1
      - uh - I mean - LOL -- nm - JenBro Mar 17, 14:26
- I thought it was close to 400 already -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 22:22 1
  - 353 was tonight's estimate. I think it will be closer to $430M tuesday -- nm - peglegpete Mar 14, 22:26
Malaysian: Investigators conclude flight hijacked -- (link) - ty97 Mar 14, 21:21 8
- Malaysian PM says it was still in contact with satellites seven and a half hours after radar contact. -- (link) - spamlet (droid) Mar 15, 04:38 3
  - It would have to have landed the because it only had 7.5 hours of fuel and had been in the air an hour or more.when comms went out. -- nm - TWuG Mar 15, 11:23
  - I assume this announcement will be recanted, along with all the others coming out of Malaysian, China, and countries in the region. - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 15, 09:31
  - I know we all have thoughts of LOST with the missing plane, but it is more sinister - amoxy Mar 15, 07:18
- That's cute. Why don't you go back to the little table and let the Americans do their work, OK? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 14, 22:27 2
  - What if the hijackers were Americans? - Beryllium Mar 15, 09:19 1
    - You just blew my mind. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 15, 09:29
- I have evidence a cloaked alien mothership came down and took it. -- nm - ancient alien theorist Mar 14, 21:31
Gorange. Horange. -- nm - David Mar 14, 20:58 2
- *grumble* - ty97 Mar 14, 21:18
- Blorange -- nm - Remlik Mar 14, 21:00
So she liked the movie and could mostly follow along. It didn't turn her off of subtitled movies. - spamlet Mar 14, 20:47 7
- Do you think it's appropriate to have started her on "Blue is the Warmest Color"? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 14, 22:22
- Das Boot put my wife to sleep in 4 mins (current record holder). She can't watch foreign films, passes out everytime. -- nm - Heisenberg Mar 14, 21:48
- trying to remember my first foreign film...The Red Balloon doesn't really count. - tlw Mar 14, 21:14
- Hashtag like -- nm - Ender Mar 14, 21:03
- sounds like a keeper -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 20:48 2
  - Yeah, probably shouldn't drop her off at the orphanage. -- nm - Ender Mar 14, 21:06 1
    - L4 -- nm - JenBro Mar 15, 05:06
Let us put men & women together and see which one is smarter. Some say men, but I say no. Women got the men like a puppet show. -- nm - peglegpete Mar 14, 20:36 1
- Methuselah spent all his life in tears Lived without a woman for 900 years One day he decided to have some fun The poor man never lived to see 900 n 1 -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 20:47

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