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Just book a trip to this year's Chicago Comic Con. My daughter wants to meet Evan Peters, so I'm surprising here - TWuG Apr 1, 13:11 8
- 125 bucks for a photo op with David Borneanez??? wtf???? -- nm - groiny Apr 1, 13:17
- Apparently there is a wizard con here this weekend with Eliza Dushku. -- nm - spamlet (droid) Apr 1, 13:15 3
  - Ted's wife looks like the love child of Dushku and Linda Cardellini - Max Apr 1, 13:21
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    - No but several of you are fired. -- nm - spamlet (droid) Apr 1, 13:29
- If he shows up in the leatherman suit....run dude. -- nm - Jim Apr 1, 13:14
- is this post English? -- nm - groiny Apr 1, 13:13 1
  - I have serious fat finger disorder today. I cannot seem to type worth shit. -- nm - TWuG Apr 1, 13:18
Michael Cera reportedly signed to be The Riddler in Batman/Superman. - Shaun Apr 1, 13:06 11
- nope, don't think it's legit. Joblo is reporting it...and they have this snippet at the very end... - Jim Apr 1, 13:17 3
  - Also...if you click on the link to Deadline there...it takes you to the April Fool's page. -- nm - Jim Apr 1, 13:17 2
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      - I guess I don't get why this is funny? Like, if I'm going to pull some sort of prank, why not make it funny or something. - Jim Apr 1, 13:20
- I'll wait till tomorrow to be alarmed. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 1, 13:13 1
  - Yeah, there will be plenty of time for laughing after April 1st if true. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 1, 13:15
- It's not like that casting can make the film worse. -- nm - TWuG Apr 1, 13:12
- HA! Marvel is laughing at them if true -- nm - Beaker Apr 1, 13:11
- Good for them. - Spawn Lord Apr 1, 13:07
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- prompting the riddle: what the hell? -- nm - Max Apr 1, 13:07
what makes toast texas? -- nm - Vibia Kincardine Apr 1, 13:04 8
- these are all very sexual responses to a question about toast.. -- nm - Jovian Apr 1, 13:10
- big and thick - groiny Apr 1, 13:05
- thickness, size -- nm - Epiphany Apr 1, 13:05 3
  - I thought it was like, fried in butter. hmm, thanks. -- nm - Vibia Kincardine Apr 1, 13:11 1
    - fried in toxic waste, cause why the hell not, we've got to get rid of this shit somehow, besides it tastes ok -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 1, 13:14
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- Whether or not you can mess with it -- nm - prayformojo Apr 1, 13:05
- size -- nm - Rula Stacks Apr 1, 13:04
Vidic! -- nm - Rula Stacks Apr 1, 13:00 1
- Diego! -- nm - Rula Stacks Apr 1, 13:02
I just have to LOL, how the hell is Flight 370 still the lead story on CNN?? - Jovian Apr 1, 12:55 22
- can you imagine if there was one single blond teen girl on board? -- nm - Nancy Graceless Apr 1, 13:27
- the USA is not their only audience -- nm - peglegpete Apr 1, 13:10
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- It's all an intentional distraction from the protests currently going on in Taiwan over China's economic takeover of the island. -- nm - znufrii Apr 1, 13:01
- Lilo has been sober for a few months. they have to talk about something -- nm - peglegpete Apr 1, 12:59
- the story that doesn't seem to be getting as much attention as you would expect, to me, is the mudslide. -- nm - Andie Apr 1, 12:57 12
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  - the mudslide, Ebola virus outbreak, Russia, and ACA numbers. Just to name 5 -- nm - Jovian Apr 1, 12:58 10
    - Ebola would be my main concern -- nm - Epiphany Apr 1, 13:05 2
      - But it is not here, right? -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 1, 13:07 1
        
        *yet* -- nm - Andie Apr 1, 13:19
    - our recent top stories: Search for flight survivors, search for mudslide survivors, search for kidnapped little girl. -- nm - Max Apr 1, 13:04
    - Taiwan -- nm - znufrii Apr 1, 13:02
    - 1... 2... 3... 4.... 4? -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 1, 12:58
    - And measles outbreak too -- nm - Beryllium Apr 1, 12:58 2
      - DAMN JENNY MCCARTHY!!!!!! - groiny Apr 1, 13:10 1
        
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    - or 4 if you are better at math than me. -- nm - Jovian Apr 1, 12:58
- Did they find it? If yes, then there you go! - Spawn Lord Apr 1, 12:56 3
  - it should have been bumped from the headlines 2 weeks ago -- nm - Jovian Apr 1, 12:57 2
    - By what? -- nm - CNN si Apr 1, 12:58 1
      - Femurgate! -- nm - CNN si Apr 1, 12:59
TWD Season 5 poster -- (link) - Spawn Lord Apr 1, 12:49 [Image]
Mandy, maybe you need this speaker -- (link) - oblique Apr 1, 12:44
Seagate's AFJ: Bacon drives -- (link) - GregW Apr 1, 12:40
If a corporation's religious beliefs can trump federal law, and slavery was perfectly acceptable in the Bible....I think I'm starting to see the plan -- nm - FB Apr 1, 12:36
Nest's April Fool's joke. Your own Nest climate control at 35,000 feet. They roped Richard Branson into it. -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 1, 12:32
just because it is pretty interesting - the seven churches of Antarctica -- (link) - Andie Apr 1, 12:28 1
- (also the picture at the end of the abandoned cinema!) -- nm - Andie Apr 1, 12:29
I was googling "When did Mary Barra become CEO" Autocomplete offered "When did Mary Poppins come out?" -- nm - ty97 Apr 1, 12:25
Man, the new Facebook layout is... plain. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 1, 12:22
From the first Healthcare Triage Questions episode: Stretching before and after exercise is pointless. Stop doing it. -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 1, 12:19 [youtube] 21
- who are those guys? -- nm - Remlik Apr 1, 12:42 7
  - neither is a trainer or health care professional. The dude on the left is a video blogger and autor -- nm - decline Apr 1, 12:44 6
    - Aaron Carroll is a doctor and Professor of Pediatrics and Assistant Dean for Research Mentoring at Indiana University School of Medicine. -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 1, 13:00 1
      - (the one on the right) - Kim Pine Apr 1, 13:01
    - got it so they're don't know what the speak of professionally. -- nm - Remlik Apr 1, 12:47 2
      - godamnit. so they don't what they speak of in a professional capacity. - Remlik Apr 1, 12:47 1
        
        Effin' bank suspects. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 1, 12:51
    - author -- nm - decline Apr 1, 12:44
- "I don't know why we still do this." Neither of those guys look like they've participated in sports since grade school. -- nm - Max Apr 1, 12:22 1
  - I imagine he used "we" in context of society, not himself personally. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 1, 12:29
- What about stretching to increase flexibility? - Strongbad Apr 1, 12:22 1
  - Riiiiiiiiiight... "exercise." -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Apr 1, 12:27
- What about warm-up/cool-down? -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 1, 12:19 8
  - When I was working with a trainer...he said stretching before was a waste of time. But the stretch after/cool down was pretty important. *shrugs* - Jim Apr 1, 12:46 2
    - I guess it depends on what you are doing. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 1, 12:57
    - ^this. -- nm - Remlik Apr 1, 12:49
  - No benefit. In fact, it could make you peform *worse*. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 1, 12:22 4
    - He kind of threw that one off as an aside, I wonder if he meant that people spend too much effort warming up. - Max Apr 1, 12:38 3
      - I *know* I have to do a cool-down. If I don't, I will combust. Not sure about a warm-up, though. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 1, 12:45 2
        
        depends on what you do. You genreally don't need to warm up unless you want to start a sweat up and get the heart rate up... - Remlik Apr 1, 12:49 1
        
        exactly -- nm - decline Apr 1, 12:53
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- I think the 7M includes the state exchanges. -- nm - mara Apr 1, 12:30 1
  - with the exception of monday's signups from the state exchanges, it looks like. - znufrii Apr 1, 12:48
- About 1/3 of marketplace enrollees were previously uninsured, according to this article that pmb referenced yesterday -- (link) - znufrii Apr 1, 12:24
- I don't think they know those exact numbers yet. -- nm - CQ Apr 1, 12:14 2
  - I think there's been some projections - Strongbad Apr 1, 12:17 1
    - I think the 85-90% is the average thus far rather than a projection. - David Apr 1, 12:20
For those keeping score at home, we finished the first quarter of 2014 $52.92 in the black.....including $24.45 under for our food budget - prayformojo Apr 1, 12:05 2
- I really need to do this! -- nm - JenBro Apr 1, 12:26
- good job, good job! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 1, 12:12
One HIMYM story question (sp). - pmb Apr 1, 12:00 8
- Could you be thinking of S3E2 where they're writing letters to their future selves and Marshall opens her letter? - Ender Apr 1, 12:25
- Here's a recap of the episode you might be thinking of; it doesn't seem to say they're unhappy, except maybe about their son leaving home. -- (link) - mara Apr 1, 12:13 5
  - Don;t think that is what he means (that is from this season). -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 1, 12:16
  - That's not the episode I'm thinking of. It was an early season, I think during the season that Marshall and Lily get married. -- nm - pmb Apr 1, 12:16 3
    - You might try the search function at the wiki. -- nm - mara Apr 1, 12:21
    - Ted's (non infant) kids are only seen in the living room, as far as I know. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 1, 12:17 1
      - We didn't see the kids. Just the regulars in the dorm. -- nm - pmb Apr 1, 12:23
- I do not remember that, but could have easily forgotten it. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 1, 12:01
Looks like Taiwan is not happy with its president. -- (link) - znufrii Apr 1, 11:59
Top 10 Best/Worst Grocery Stores since the poll ended - MDH Apr 1, 11:57 5
- Where the hell is HEB? - ty97 Apr 1, 12:19
- Raleys and Stater Bros are both very localized...and they obviously didn't visit my Stater Bros :) -- nm - Meg Apr 1, 12:15
- I have *heard* of 5/23 of those. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 1, 12:06 1
  - I have been in at least 12/23. -- nm - ty97 Apr 1, 12:20
- I wonder if "Wal-Mart" covers their neighborhood supermarkets. I've heard decent reviews of those. A lot better than the Super Walmart concept. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 1, 12:04
In the least shocking Top Chef news ever, Kristen Kish has come out. That makes that whole conversation with her and Stephanie even funnier. -- nm - MDH Apr 1, 11:54 10
- Did anyone watch the MTV show last night with the person she beat in the finale? - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 1, 12:09 5
  - What is this now? -- nm - David Apr 1, 12:12 4
    - MTV premiered a show called Food House last night. - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 1, 12:19 3
      - I love Brooke, who was the best player that season. I'll have to watch. -- nm - David Apr 1, 12:20 2
        
        Now what are your thoughts on Eric Ripert? - the wrong element, bad guy Apr 1, 12:32 1
        
        One of the nicest people on TV. - David Apr 1, 12:51
- which conversation? -- nm - Strongbad Apr 1, 11:55 3
  - The whole "Oh we're friends and work together.....but not lesbians" -- nm - MDH Apr 1, 11:58 2
    - Stephanie's poker face gave that one away. -- nm - David Apr 1, 12:05
    - Ah. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 1, 12:03
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"Michael Jackson's new album Xscape comes out May 13th" Huh? -- nm - Max Apr 1, 11:53 10
- it sounds like dead air -- nm - groiny Apr 1, 12:39
- is any of that the stuff he did with Freddie Mercury? -- nm - Remlik Apr 1, 12:16
- Pre orders started today. LA Reid has taken 8 completed vocal tracks and handed them out to various producers (like Timbaland). -- nm - Jim Apr 1, 11:54 3
  - I am not happy about this. I heard the snippet they released, sigh. -- nm - MDH Apr 1, 11:55 2
    - What snippet did you hear? The one I heard didn't strike me as horrible. - Jim Apr 1, 11:57 1
      - They tried to take a song written decades ago and just put a 2010s beat on it. Just some youtube snippet with the album art -- nm - MDH Apr 1, 11:59
- april fool! -- nm - Vibia Kincardine Apr 1, 11:54 3
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    - I know. I read the gossip rags. -- nm - Vibia Kincardine Apr 1, 12:08
    - The estate signed a deal with Sony, 7 albums in 10 years. -- nm - MDH Apr 1, 11:57
LIR re HIMYM, I thought the fast-pacing of the finale was a pretty real commentary about how our lives - pmb Apr 1, 11:53 2
- Agreed. And I have to admit, the Barney plot I never saw coming -spoil - Spawn Lord Apr 1, 11:59
- "9:45!!" -- nm - kelly Apr 1, 11:54
It's hard to argue that the show entirely is as told to the kids (spoils) - oblique Apr 1, 11:51 4
- I mean, if you think about what he said about when she was -spoil - Spawn Lord Apr 1, 11:54
- But it does have a running joke involving "sandwiches". -- nm - Roger More Apr 1, 11:52 2
  - and slaps -- nm - oblique Apr 1, 11:53 1
    - The slaps must be a metaphor for something really filthy. -- nm - Roger More Apr 1, 11:59
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- Anytime -- nm - amoxy Apr 1, 12:02
NFL.com: DeSean Jackson exited Redskins facility, source says (as @TarikCSN said). But plan is for him to stay in town with hopes of doing a deal -- nm - Rula Stacks Apr 1, 11:50 6
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  - *re-raise* -- nm - Daniel Snyder Apr 1, 11:55
- SITWAP: SF has said the $ is too much. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 1, 11:52 3
  - would he be a good addition to our team? I have no idea. -- nm - Epiphany Apr 1, 12:09 2
    - If he's on the field with his head straight, he'd be a good addition to any team. However... -- nm - Shaun Apr 1, 12:37 1
      - good to know -- nm - Epiphany Apr 1, 12:41
Bah...Survivor is a show based around strategy and the unpredictability of alleged everyday people in extreme circumstances. There's plenty to be - Jim Apr 1, 11:49 3
- "Probably just a bias of mine toward the genre" for me too. Watching reality tv is hard enough, but to then go back and do more is akin to death! -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 1, 11:51 2
  - You should watch Survivor...it gives you (yet another) weekly chance to tell David he's wrong about something! nm - Jim Apr 1, 11:54 1
    - *likes* -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 1, 11:58
From B2: The Top 10 Best Supermarkets. Many are located in the Western States, and a few in NE/Tri State -- nm - MDH Apr 1, 11:49
Niagra Falls...Slowely I turned. step by step, inch by inch.... -- nm - peglegpete Apr 1, 11:46 1
- Don't call me dude. -- nm - David Apr 1, 11:49

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