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TV Ratings: Believe 6.51/1.4 (Downe 48%), Resurrection 10.80/3.0 (down 21% but not bad), Crisis 6.51/1.6 (low premier), Cosmos 4.91/1.9 (down 10%) -- nm - MDH Mar 17, 10:07 5
- the premise of Crisis is just f**king gross. I am glad it appears to have failed. -- nm - Jovian Mar 17, 10:08 4
  - I did not know it started and do not know what it is about. -- nm - LepreSpawn Mar 17, 10:10 2
    - Terrorists kidnap the kids of people and then make their parents do commit terrorist acts in order to save them. -- nm - Jovian Mar 17, 10:11 1
      - that is not something I want to watch. thanks for the warning -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 10:12
  - I watched it, and it was super meh. I think it wanted to be "24" but didn't make it. -- nm - MDH Mar 17, 10:09
Here is my Walking Dead question (spoilers) - Brian Mar 17, 10:05 5
- do they say how long it has been going on? would be a good question for Talking Dead. -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 10:06 2
  - several years, for sure, long enough for Lori to conveive and have a baby at the minimum. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 17, 10:08 1
    - ahh, right on, that is a good measure -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 10:08
- spoils.... - groiny Mar 17, 10:06
- Propane tank, obvie. -- nm - LepreSpawn Mar 17, 10:06
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- It's almost impossible to help someone that won't help themselves though. - Heisenberg Mar 17, 10:21
- I knew Bob would write it, too. -- nm - LepreSpawn Mar 17, 10:08
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  - yikes -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 10:02
Poll: From 247wallst.com, 9 retailers closing the most stores - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 17, 10:00 18
- #1 & #3 are clothiers I did not know were struggling. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 17, 10:06 3
  - Abercrombie is getting slammed. -- nm - MDH Mar 17, 10:08
  - AE, Gap -- nm - Shaun Mar 17, 10:07
  - Reitman? -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 10:07
- Barnes & Noble -- nm - Shaun Mar 17, 10:05 1
  - #2 -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 17, 10:06
- JC Penny -- nm - groiny Mar 17, 10:05 1
  - #4 -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 17, 10:06
- Borders? (were there any left?) -- nm - Strongbad Mar 17, 10:04 1
  - Gone -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 17, 10:06
- Albertson's -- nm - con_carne Mar 17, 10:04 1
  - No -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 17, 10:06
- Best Buy -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 10:02 1
  - Not on the list. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 17, 10:03
- Sears, Zellers -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 10:02 1
  - #7, no Canadians! -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 17, 10:03
- RadioShack, Blockbuster (do they still exist in the US?), Kmart -- nm - Shaun Mar 17, 10:01 1
  - #6, (gone), Sears Holdings #7 -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 17, 10:03
Lone Survivor: (B) nm - Dignan Mar 17, 09:55
Woot! I just totally broke out trigonometry to solve a work-related problem. *flex* -- nm - Strongbad Mar 17, 09:51 4
- SOHCAHTOA! -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 09:58 2
  - Damn straight! -- nm - Strongbad Mar 17, 10:04 1
    - rather than figure how out how to input a line using bearings and distance, I just converted everything to X & Y -- nm - Strongbad Mar 17, 10:05
- *tries to remember what that is* -- nm - budice Mar 17, 09:58
Random Rant: The inability of some of my co-workers to understand and use basic technology blows my mind at times... - Walt_Disney Mar 17, 09:45 5
- Agreed. It took me 45 mins on the phone to help my old man start a movie off of a flash drive through his blu-ray player. - Patches O'Houlihan Mar 17, 09:59 4
  - oh boy. I'm impressed he even know about flash drives -- nm - Epiphany Mar 17, 10:01 3
    - I constantly have to mute the phone on my end so he doesn't hear me laughing at his futility. - Heisenberg Mar 17, 10:08
    - You can flash my drive anyday. -- nm - Shaun Mar 17, 10:02 1
      - woot! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 17, 10:03
Excellent Survior idea from the Grantland podcast. - volnelk Mar 17, 09:39 4
- Wouldn't work. They pulled this on the very first season of Big Brother because there wasn't enough conflict in the house. - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 17, 09:45 2
  - Maybe not the confessionals then, but just maybe interaction between people on the other tribe or something. -- nm - volnelk Mar 17, 09:54 1
    - Random interactions wouldn't be good (see producer influence below) but they have kinda done this before with them observing tribal -- nm - oblique Mar 17, 09:56
- I think in Survivor it could lead to way more influence from the Producers - Beaker Mar 17, 09:42
This is how I imagine pfm's HOA. -- (link) - Reagen Mar 17, 09:38 [youtube] 10
- That's essentially what it is - it stays in place to guarantee that an obnoxious HOA couldn't form -- nm - prayformojo Mar 17, 09:57
- this is the upgraded version -- (link) - Beaker Mar 17, 09:48 [youtube] 1
  - Oh, that ones great!! -- nm - Meg Mar 17, 10:07
- ...someone you don't know will die. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 17, 09:46 1
  - will I get a million dollars? -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 09:46
- how much? -- nm - Epiphany Mar 17, 09:45 2
  - $40 at Think Geek...does NOT come assembled. - Beaker Mar 17, 09:50 1
    - It looks like a pretty simple kit - maybe 5 or 6 wiring connections. -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 09:52
- that is awesome. I want one -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 09:40 1
  - seriously. -- nm - decline Mar 17, 09:41
L'Wren Scott, girlfriend of Mick Jagger, dead of apparently suicide -- (link) - Andie Mar 17, 09:37 3
- Man, two of those pictures in the article can be used as "before" and "after" as to why not to have plastic surgery. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 17, 09:51
- wasn't there a CDAN blind about those two? something about he couldn't keep away from the groupies -- nm - Epiphany Mar 17, 09:39 1
  - 70-year-old Mick Jagger. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 17, 09:51
My bad neighbour story - Reagen Mar 17, 09:35 12
- How'd all this get resolved? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 17, 10:05 1
  - Ray Ray f*cked The Doorman and moved on with his life -- nm - Epiphany Mar 17, 10:08
- seems legit -- nm - CQ Mar 17, 09:45
- Yeah, using the wrong paint would piss me off. -- nm - jnine Mar 17, 09:44
- and you won't live in an HOA -- nm - Roger More Mar 17, 09:42 5
  - This *was* in an HOA! -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 09:43 4
    - listen, we're not telling you you have to have sex on your patio...but it wouldn't be frowned upon if you did either -- nm - HOA Mar 17, 09:45
    - Ha! But I'm sure they were effective at telling you to weed the lawn. -- nm - Roger More Mar 17, 09:44
    - OMG -- nm - Epiphany Mar 17, 09:43
    - If only she had driven an old pick up truck... -- nm - JaxSean Mar 17, 09:43
- PICS!? -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 09:36 1
  - you don't want 'em. -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 09:38
Con sarnit, I tore a hole in my pants, and I don't know when it happened. I may have been flashing people all morning. -- nm - Was Bar Was Mar 17, 09:30 5
- con_sarnit = con_carne's clumsy brother -- nm - Roger More Mar 17, 09:43 1
  - I'm using this, FYI - con_carne Mar 17, 10:09
- Where is the rip? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 17, 09:34 2
  - Outside of leg, couple inches below the pocket. I closed up the hole with a safety pin. -- nm - Was Bar Was Mar 17, 09:40 1
    - Add a few more and it's "fashion." -- nm - JaxSean Mar 17, 09:41
"When Berry Met Salad"…I love him puny Cloudy WIth a Chance of Meatballs 2 is -- nm - Flavorize Mar 17, 09:30
Who's wearing green? (Me!) -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 17, 09:29 3
- no -- nm - Epiphany Mar 17, 10:03
- green and a Happy St Patrick's Day button too! -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 09:31
- me! -- nm - Diva Mar 17, 09:29
ST Poll: I need to join a gym that I'm sure I'll never actually use because gyms intimidate me. Anyway: which gym to you reccomend? -- nm - ty97 Mar 17, 09:27 17
- the Y is a non profit ...but join something close, on the way, near where you normally go -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 17, 14:01
- This is why you fail. You already know you won't go. Save your money. -- nm - Shaun Mar 17, 09:53
- I go to FFC here, do you have those there? - groiny Mar 17, 09:43
- alot of them will let you try it for free. Go to a few and see what they are like -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 09:38
- Average Joes -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 09:34 1
  - Tomorrow, we're gonna pecker-slap those Globo-Gym bastards! -- nm - Patches O'Houlihan Mar 17, 09:57
- does your work have a gym you can use for free, or a corp. account with a local gym? -- nm - peglegpete Mar 17, 09:34 1
  - good poimt, I know my old firm would pay for memberships and had discounts at a bunch - Beaker Mar 17, 09:35
- why are you intimidated? I would pick a smaller independent one over a franchise -- nm - decline Mar 17, 09:34
- Planet Fitness: They don't take themselves as serious as others. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 17, 09:30 3
  - plus super inexpensive. I wish we had them here. -- nm - Moray Gerbson Mar 17, 09:34
  - That doesn't sound like the most effective slogan. - Was Bar Was Mar 17, 09:32 1
    - Their commercials basically make fun of other gyms. - Strongbad Mar 17, 09:34
- just run in the park like I did. I hate gyms -- nm - CQ Mar 17, 09:29
- A 24 hour one…Snap Fitness (very cheap, little no staff), 24 Fitness (cheap mod staff), or a local, small gym -- nm - Flavorize Mar 17, 09:28
- YMCA of course. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 17, 09:28
- If you aren't sure you will go, pick some place cheap and see how your behavior changes. - David Mar 17, 09:28
without looking, do you know the plot of signs besides (spoiler) - Moray Gerbson Mar 17, 09:25 8
- Terrible cameo by the director is terrible. -- nm - Qale Mar 17, 09:40
- yes -- nm - Epiphany Mar 17, 09:38
- Sure - Will Hunting Mar 17, 09:32
- Since I've seen the movie 50 times, yes. -- nm - David Mar 17, 09:28 2
  - Why would you watch one of the most terrible movie of our time, 50 times? -- nm - Jovian Mar 17, 09:48 1
    - Signs is awesome, despite the intervening decade of sad endings for those involved. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 17, 10:08
- sure -- nm - Roger More Mar 17, 09:27
- yes (I like that movie) - spoilers - Beaker Mar 17, 09:27
I wonder if Bill Birnes sleeps with his UFO hat on. -- nm - CQ Mar 17, 09:24
Is everyone doing the ESPN or Yahoo brackets? -- nm - spamlet Mar 17, 09:18 6
- I listed both above, there are entrants in each. -- nm - J Mar 17, 09:36
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  - same -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 09:19 3
    - word. do we have a league? -- nm - Moray Gerbson Mar 17, 09:24 2
      - link up above with info -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 09:26 1
        
        But that is too easy. -- nm - LepreSpawn Mar 17, 09:35
U.S., EU freeze assets of Russian officials as well as issue travel bans -- (link) - Beaker Mar 17, 09:17 3
- We have nukes! -- nm - Russia Mar 17, 09:28
- "Meanwhile, Ukraine’s parliament passed a presidential order to mobilize over 20,000 volunteers with prior military experience" -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 09:18 1
  - here is a comparison of their military strengths -- (link) - Beaker Mar 17, 09:20
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Heh, Citibank announced scheduled maintenance to their website, to be complete by 6:00 am ET...Oops. -- nm - Meg Mar 17, 09:10
TV PSA: The Blacklist looks new tonight as well. -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 09:08
But I go out and I sit down at a table set for two. And finally I'm forced to face the truth. - David Mar 17, 09:06
"God Hates Freds" is funny. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 17, 09:06 6
- that was close -- nm - Frédéric Chopin Mar 17, 09:24
- Damn! -- nm - Right Said Fred Mar 17, 09:23
- I...I got nothing -- nm - Fred Durst Mar 17, 09:19 1
  - You just prove the point. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 17, 09:29
- Not really. -- nm - Fred Schneider Mar 17, 09:08 1
  - Seriously, Rock Lobster is waaaay too long. I also hate Meatloafs. -- nm - God Mar 17, 09:33
The Wire has been doing daily brackets. Most are dumb, but today's is 'Best Drink' -- (link) - ty97 Mar 17, 09:06
It's a shame Wichita St and Louisville are in the same region. I really wanted to put both of them into the Final 4. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 17, 09:06 7
- Provided the bracket plays to seed, here's the Lunardi RPI of Wichita's opponents -- 16 / 19 / 11 - Will Hunting Mar 17, 09:13
- That has to be the most loaded bracket of all time - eag Mar 17, 09:09 2
  - It almost seems like they want anything but a Wichita State return to the Final 4. -- nm - Jim Mar 17, 09:10
  - Yup. -- nm - LepreSpawn Mar 17, 09:10
- I like that 3/4 of last year's Final Four are there. And Duke. -- nm - LepreSpawn Mar 17, 09:09 2
  - Watch Duke lose to Mercer. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 17, 09:12
  - And Kentucky who was a pre season #1 -- nm - eag Mar 17, 09:10
Aww! That's adorable! Russian Journalist Warns U.S. About Moscow's Nuclear Capabilities - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 17, 09:06 4
- Well, he has a point. - spamlet Mar 17, 09:15 1
  - I expect that China could do it too. Maybe France and England. -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 09:50
- it is Putin don;t forget. -- nm - Beaker Mar 17, 09:10
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*burp* -- nm - Drunk Irsay Mar 17, 09:05 1
- dude, that was so awesome. Let's be buds. -- nm - Rob Ford Mar 17, 09:05

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