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I made fantastic Greek Lemon Chicken Rice soup yesterday. - groiny Mar 31, 13:41
why is opening day NOT on the weekend? - zeitgeist Mar 31, 13:41 1
- Do you even read these boards? -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 31, 13:44
Giantess school that she works out is on lock as a bank suspect is on campus -- nm - Remlik Mar 31, 13:41 1
- lockdown -- nm - Remlik Mar 31, 13:42
3-D printing market projected to grow to $16.2 billion by 2018 -- (link) - con_carne Mar 31, 13:41
Kinda obvious, but -- (link) - Spawn Lord Mar 31, 13:36 [Image]
Took the White Sox 3 innings to outscore the Cubs today. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 31, 13:36 1
- make that 2 innings. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 31, 13:40
I'm confused. It's sunny outside and moderately warm. What is this? -- nm - Dano Mar 31, 13:29 4
- We call it 'the day before a foot of snow' -- nm - ty97 Mar 31, 13:43
- Looks like our mission to the sun broke up that Q-ball. -- nm - Was Bar Was Mar 31, 13:34
- And we've been getting rain for the last couple of days... -- nm - IrishStephen Mar 31, 13:30 1
  - We were supposed to get some of that - con_carne Mar 31, 13:38
A baby who hadn't been vaccinated and traveled through the Portland International Airport has been diagnosed with measles. -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 31, 13:28 5
- I want to point out that we don't know the baby's age so he might simply have been old enough for the MMR vaccine. - Mop (205 lbs) Mar 31, 13:39 2
  - Yes. Herd immunity is broken, and now the vulnerable are suffering for the hubris of the selfish. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 31, 16:27
  - thats the how/why of whooping cough, the most vulnerable babies are too young but older sister plays with 'jenny's kids -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 31, 13:45
- Thanks a lot, Jenny McCarthy! -- nm - Was Bar Was Mar 31, 13:35 1
  - *pats my shingles shot location -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 31, 13:38
I don't want to alarm anyone, but Grady Sizemore has done soemthing in a game and hasn't gotten hurt. - Will Hunting Mar 31, 13:27 2
- Was it naked selfies? -- nm - Dano Mar 31, 13:31
- Wait for it. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 31, 13:30
LOL @ Met bullpen. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 31, 13:25
Columnist (Phil Mushnick) Angry At The Imaginary Murders DeSean Jackson Has Witnessed -- (link) - Beaker Mar 31, 13:22
Reyes is out already? -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 31, 13:21
Its just weird to see interleague play the first day of baseball. -- nm - eag Mar 31, 13:13
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So, my son is home, possibly watching opening day, being indoctrinated into Red Sox fandom, while I'm less than 2 miles away, powerless to do anything - Will Hunting Mar 31, 13:11 13
- you'd prefer he be a Cleveland fan? :) -- nm - peglegpete Mar 31, 13:35
- He's napping. TV isn't on, I'm enjoying the sounds of silence while cleaning out the refrigerator. - kelly Mar 31, 13:12 1
  - can't you just give Will a spoon and fork and a chair in front of the fridge? -- nm - groiny Mar 31, 13:33
- This is why Opening Day should be a Federal holiday. -- nm - spamlet Mar 31, 13:12 9
  - When I was in Boston Spring 2011 it basically was a state holiday -- nm - MDH Mar 31, 13:18
  - Why not start it on a weekend? -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 31, 13:17 3
    - Cuz that's not a holiday...that's a weekend! Presidents Day, Labor Day, Memorial Day, MLK Day...all mondays - Will Hunting Mar 31, 13:25 2
      - I mean if it is not a holiday (which it never will be), why not have it on a weekend instead of screwing the fans over? -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 31, 13:33 1
        
        Cuz weekend games are already well-attended. Monday games are less-so, but opening day is always packed. - Will Hunting Mar 31, 13:37
  - F'n Republicans. -- nm - David Mar 31, 13:13 2
    - Why won't they think of the kids? -- nm - spamlet Mar 31, 13:14 1
      - Because kids get sick and become leeches begging for income redistribution! -- nm - David Mar 31, 13:15
  - that would be, like, 4 or 5 Federal holidays! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 31, 13:12
apparently, no one wants to win the Cub-Pirate game. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 31, 13:09
wap? Take George Will's Baseball Quiz! No, really - take it! -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 31, 13:08 3
- hey, nmb pfm - kelly Mar 31, 13:10 2
  - Yup, got it, haven't been able to look into it - prayformojo Mar 31, 13:12 1
    - ok, I just wanted to make sure! - kelly Mar 31, 13:13
Google Shelfies? Real or an early April Fool's Day joke? - TWuG Mar 31, 13:07 1
- April fools. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Mar 31, 13:16
do you like Peeps? Do you like fake (dessert) sushi? then you should make this! -- (link) - Andie Mar 31, 13:04
The Braves/Brewers game just had an instant replay overturn. Was that the first? -- nm - David Mar 31, 13:03 6
- Milwaukee Brewers star Ryan Braun ruled out instead of safe. -- (link) - Spawn Lord Mar 31, 13:35
- Cubs had one overturned. -- nm - spamlet Mar 31, 13:19 1
  - That wasn't instant replay; that was the umpires huddling and laughing that the Cubs did what they did and then setting the record straight. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 31, 13:26
- @AP 6m BREAKING: Umpire's call overturned for 1st time using MLB expanded replay. -- nm - Rula Stacks Mar 31, 13:14
- Stink posted that the Pirates had IR a half hour or so ago. I don't know what the result was, though. -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 31, 13:06 1
  - I wonder if there was one during the two Dodgers games nobody watched. -- nm - David Mar 31, 13:08
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- They kept him up with the big team? Surprising. - Will Hunting Mar 31, 13:02 1
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- What's the ML level? Like 5' 5"? -- nm - Inigo Mar 31, 13:02
- It'll be fun to see how he does against Yadi in the first series of the year. -- nm - Jim Mar 31, 13:02
what did we ever do before smartphones? I mean, *really*? -- nm - Vibia Kincardine Mar 31, 12:58 8
- Just think, it wasn't that long ago you had to know where someone actually was to get them on the phone. - GregW Mar 31, 13:36
- we weren't tempted to play candy crush during work hours, for one. -- nm - znufrii Mar 31, 13:28
- had a map 'case' in the car for every town/county around, and of course knew you could ask at the gas station on every corner where the latte hut is n -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 31, 13:26 1
  - I used to love looking through our road atlas we kept in the back of the car when I was a kid. - znufrii Mar 31, 13:36
- And for those of us that don't have them...how will we ever survive?!? -- nm - Meg Mar 31, 13:14
- i think about this regularly. what did we do before smartphones? then, what did we do before *cell phones*? - Andie Mar 31, 13:05
- Come again? We heard you. -- nm - dumbphone Mar 31, 13:02
- interacted with others in bars -- nm - decline Mar 31, 12:59
Noah's actual numbers for the weekend were $43.72 million. - Inigo Mar 31, 12:55 6
- Because the Creator made it nice outside and people stayed away! -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 31, 12:59 4
  - We here in Maryland/DC truly are forsaken then. Snow and sleet and rain all weekend. - Will Hunting Mar 31, 13:03 2
    - I wanted to see Sabotage! -- nm - MDH Mar 31, 13:18 1
      - Seriously, just take the abuse for offending God by being gay instead of admitting to something that heinous. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 31, 13:38
  - The Creator hates this movie! -- nm - Andie Mar 31, 13:01
- because they were instructed not to see it -- nm - Jovian Mar 31, 12:56
too much girls! -- (link) - marcel Mar 31, 12:49 [youtube] 2
- I'm sure that new baby is going to love hearing years from now that her father was disappointed she was a girl. -- nm - kelly Mar 31, 13:17
- That broke my heart. -- nm - Spawn Lord Mar 31, 13:02
"Be proactive in creating opportunities for myself to grow." (I think I just threw up in my mouth.) -- nm - Vibia Kincardine Mar 31, 12:46 3
- oh yes, Self-Eval's are so much fun -- nm - Jovian Mar 31, 12:56
- I think you've shown that already. - spamlet Mar 31, 12:53
- This means you're constantly looking for office cake and it's making you fat, right? -- nm - TWuG Mar 31, 12:51
Pharrell to replace CeeLo Green on The Voice - J-Nexus Mar 31, 12:45 17
- Yeah, Christina needs to go. She's just not quick witted enough to play with these guys - Will Hunting Mar 31, 12:56 4
  - Depending on when the next season starts, she might not even be available, given that she's pregnant. - kelly Mar 31, 13:15
  - Or a butter sculpture -- nm - con_carne Mar 31, 13:09
  - Christina can go bump on my log then. -- nm - Jovian Mar 31, 12:57 1
    - "Aren't we the optimist?" -- nm - Allison Janney in 10HAT Mar 31, 12:58
- Talk about striking while the iron is hot. I figured his 15 minutes were just about done. - ty97 Mar 31, 12:46 11
  - he's been very successful for years. -- nm - Diva Mar 31, 12:48 1
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  - I'm sure he's happy -- nm - oblique Mar 31, 12:47
  - He's had an amazing last 18 months or so. -- nm - Jim Mar 31, 12:47 2
    - He's also been one of the helpers of Cee-lo on the show...I think. -- nm - Jim Mar 31, 12:47 1
      - Last year, when they had Ed Sheeran and Ryan Tedder on...I was like, WTF are they? Oh..yeah. - Will Hunting Mar 31, 13:05
  - He's been around forever, however he only really hit the mainstream last year. -- nm - Shaun Mar 31, 12:46 4
    - Certainly, he's not 'new', but yeah, I mean he never really broke through until last summer. - ty97 Mar 31, 12:48 3
      - do you mena as a solo artist becasue as a producer, collaborator and featured artist he's been super-hot for years. -- nm - Diva Mar 31, 12:49 2
        
        I need to download Frontin cause I really like it. -- nm - Epiphany Mar 31, 12:56
        
        yeah, he's really been a behinds the scenes guy until now -- nm - decline Mar 31, 12:51
Missouri no longer meth capital of the US! Falls behind Indiana and Tennessee in lab busts. -- (link) - spamlet Mar 31, 12:39 4
- I'm surprised GA isn't higher. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 31, 12:47
- We're coming for you, Indiana! -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 31, 12:41
- for shame New Mexico! - Jovian Mar 31, 12:40 1
  - It's a rare day when I *don't* read about a bust locally. -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 31, 12:42
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- I do not expect Lee to give up 7 in a start the rest of the year. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 31, 12:46 2
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- Here I thought the Angels were bad beyond #2 SP -- nm - Rula Stacks Mar 31, 12:40
After much thought, I am not going to Vegas this year. - amoxy Mar 31, 12:35 20
- Crap. - Spawn Lord Mar 31, 13:39
- As much as I would like to swing it, I don't think it's going to happen for me either. - znufrii Mar 31, 12:57 13
  - and it's a shame because I could really use a break. -- nm - znufrii Mar 31, 13:01 12
    - I got 2 more interviews tomorrow one live one and a phone one but I cant focus well right now - eag Mar 31, 13:07 4
      - you win. -- nm - znufrii Mar 31, 13:14 3
        
        This is something id rather not win - eag Mar 31, 13:18 2
        
        yeah... - znufrii Mar 31, 13:19 1
        
        Thanks -- nm - eag Mar 31, 13:23
    - do or do not, there is no try. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 31, 13:03 6
      - see what you've done, you've gone and made me get my hopes up again. - znufrii Mar 31, 13:13 5
        
        Your doing an independent study class in vegas that wekend - eag Mar 31, 13:17 4
        
        "Financial Management" - znufrii Mar 31, 13:17 3
        
        Statistics and Probability. -- nm - spamlet Mar 31, 13:20 1
        
        that class isn't until the Fall at the earliest. -- nm - znufrii Mar 31, 13:20
        
        Or if you go to the strip club - eag Mar 31, 13:20
- We'll miss you :( -- nm - Meg Mar 31, 12:53 1
  - yup -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 31, 12:57
- I am doing my damm hardest to try to go - eag Mar 31, 12:50
- :( I did hear our song on the way back to my house on Sat night. - Epiphany Mar 31, 12:43 1
  - :( If it wasn't for the dying car and the Blue Shield/COBRA fuckup, I could justify it -- nm - amoxy Mar 31, 12:44
I hate (HATE) not to scale charts (whether its to try make a point, or just because people suck at charts) -- nm - ty97 Mar 31, 12:34 1
- CNBC is particularly guilty of this in stock movement charts. - ty97 Mar 31, 12:38
B2 pmb: Yes, I was looking for it. Thanks. - Strongbad Mar 31, 12:33 12
- Again I would note that the number would be significantly higher if conservative states were more interested in insuring people than undermining the - pmb Mar 31, 12:41 9
  - Yeah, the Supreme Court gave states that out, and tea partiers ran with it. -- nm - Inigo Mar 31, 12:45
  - I ask this question out of naivete, not out of making a political point - Strongbad Mar 31, 12:45 6
    - To get it down to why a person in one of those states would not buy ACA coverage... - Kim Pine Mar 31, 13:04 1
      - (er, Medicaid. Sorry.) -- nm - Kim Pine Mar 31, 13:05
    - See mara's post below. And you should read spamlet's post from earlier today. Short answer, the federal government made money available to states to - pmb Mar 31, 12:51 1
      - I'm very interested in seeing five and ten years from now - znufrii Mar 31, 13:04
    - Because the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) is what makes expanding Medicaid possible. -- (link) - mara Mar 31, 12:47 1
      - Graci. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 31, 12:49
  - Word. That's somewhere in the neighborhood of 20-25% more people with Healthcare now than would have had it if we kept the status quo. -- nm - Jim Mar 31, 12:42
- 36-44 million was the estimate I saw last year. There may be hard numbers now. -- nm - David Mar 31, 12:34 1
  - I thought I remembered 40M but wouldn't swear to it. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 31, 12:35
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- www.arethebluejayseliminatedyet.com? -- nm - Shaun Mar 31, 12:47
- And Anthony Rizzo remains on pace to strike out 550 times. - pmb Mar 31, 12:33 3
  - A guy tried to trade me Rizzo and Starlin Castro in fantasy. I refused to make eye contact and backed away slowly. -- nm - David Mar 31, 12:35
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    - I posted before the pop out. - pmb Mar 31, 12:38

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