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yay bullpens!!!!! -- nm - groiny Apr 2, 14:38 2
- *clop clop snort clop snort snort clop clop clop* -- nm - bulls excited to see groiny Apr 2, 14:41 1
  - L3 -- nm - Rula Stacks Apr 2, 14:42
312.50! CaptainAmerica: The Winter Soldier is Certified Fresh at 94% with 73 reviews -- (link) - Rula Stacks Apr 2, 14:20 1
- Dropped to 92% with 74 while you typed this. -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 2, 14:21
Whoa. I just googled "movies coming out" and Comingsoon.net was the fourth result - con_carne Apr 2, 14:13 2
- I just googled "movies coming soon" and it was the 1st result -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 14:16 1
  - the other 984,436,453,100 links were all p0rn -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 14:31
A cricket virus not only effectively castrates its hosts, but encourages sexual activity like an aphrodisiac -- (link) - spamlet Apr 2, 14:07
I'm pleased whenever Bill from Freaks and Geeks (Martin Starr) finds work - con_carne Apr 2, 14:04 1
- He was awesomely awkward on F&G, but he's grown into himself quite a bit as an adult. You wouldn't know it was the same guy unless you knew. -- nm - rollo Apr 2, 15:30
MyVegas players - check your emails - just got 10K chips gift in email. :) -- nm - JenBro Apr 2, 13:54
Does anyone here still dial 7 digit phone numbers? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 2, 13:53 5
- We have this here. -- nm - Amanda Apr 2, 15:02
- its maddening from our landline, if you dial most local numbers with the area code, you get doo dee doooo im sorry EXCEPT... - zeitgeist Apr 2, 14:46
- Sure, I can from the desk phones at work. -- nm - mara Apr 2, 14:37
- haven't heard of it in years. -- nm - loosi in the sky with diamonds Apr 2, 14:35
- yes, but only the rare occasions I have my Ericofon plugged in -- (link) - peglegpete Apr 2, 13:58
My boss is gone and it's spring break around here. Office is dead. I've just spent the last hour and change watching GoT clips. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 2, 13:52 1
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"Windows is going free for devices under 9-inches" ... and you know what that means. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 2, 13:46 2
- so if i plug a small monitor on my desk top i can download it free install then switch back? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 13:54
- Come on, baby... at least it's free. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 2, 13:51
Monorail! -- (link) - Was Bar Was Apr 2, 13:45 6
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  - Can we just continue the thread posted on the Facebook group yesterday? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 2, 13:50 4
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    - We could go to the Reddit threads from when Wired ran this story on Monday -- nm - con_carne Apr 2, 13:55 2
      - This only serves to make my Link Title more appropriate. -- nm - Was Bar Was Apr 2, 14:01 1
        
        D'oh! I just like giving ML a hard time, that's all -- nm - con_carne Apr 2, 14:06
Blackfish: New leaked docs mention drugs(benzos) given to orcas to keep them calm - Rula Stacks Apr 2, 13:28 5
- bastards -- nm - peglegpete Apr 2, 13:55
- So really it's like Justified prison - you stop the bringing in the drugs, you get shivved by an orca tooth. -- nm - Max Apr 2, 13:49
- Belugas are weed monsters -- nm - Pippy Apr 2, 13:31 2
  - L5! -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 13:34
  - *laughing* -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 2, 13:32
I think I am going to start quietly looking for a new job... - Beaker Apr 2, 13:21 1
- get out., you will be glad you did. -- nm - Pippy Apr 2, 13:30
Coachella to be streamed live online -- (link) - Rula Stacks Apr 2, 13:14 5
- Brokeachella Part 2 -- nm - con_carne Apr 2, 13:56
- That should be awesome. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 2, 13:39
- read this way wrong. 'Coachella to be steamed live' - Jovian Apr 2, 13:19 2
  - it'll be a dry heat there and possibly in the 100's. baking is more apropos -- nm - peglegpete Apr 2, 13:22
  - HEAR IT SCREAM!!!! -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 13:20
We've had a crapton of rain today (great day for a field trip!) but yeah tomorrow could be uglier. -- nm - spamlet Apr 2, 13:07 3
- Been raining for a really long time. Not looking forward to all the dooooooom tomorrow and Thursday. -- nm - Jim Apr 2, 13:09 2
  - We were in the First Capitol when the first storm swung through. The kids were freaked out. - spamlet Apr 2, 13:10 1
    - May the odds be ever in your favor. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 13:12
David Luis (OG) -- nm - Rula Stacks Apr 2, 13:03 1
- Ronaldo ! -- nm - Rula Stacks Apr 2, 13:03
Thought my eye dilation had worn off by now - then I stepped out into the sunlight... - Meg Apr 2, 13:02
Wow, Lions signed a new QB. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 13:01 1
- And the Dolphins are loading up on WRs. - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 13:03
Bill Murray and Lady Gaga backstage at Letterman -- (link) - Rula Stacks Apr 2, 13:00 2
- she looks like she's wearing a queen ann wing chair -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 13:14
- That looks like Young John Lennon and Old Yoko. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 2, 13:01
Joe Nathan blows 1st save opportunity for Tigers, spoiling great outing by AL Cy Young winner Max Scherzer. Scherzer: 8 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 7 K -- nm - Rula Stacks Apr 2, 12:59 1
- I was just looking to see who was to blame. - Mel Profit Apr 2, 13:00
academic frustrations, of a good kind? . . . I am working on a paper for one of my classes right now, and an academic ethics ? IM . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Apr 2, 12:49 5
- My adviser actually suggested I apply for the masters program to continue work I was already doing as an independent study project. - Meg Apr 2, 12:58 1
  - so, you're saying that maybe I have a chance at this ? :) -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Apr 2, 12:59
- it's my experience that this happens often. -- nm - Vibia Kincardine Apr 2, 12:53 2
  - what, that research papers can so easily turn into bigger academic monsters, or . . . - i'm not dead yet Apr 2, 12:57 1
    - A. -- nm - Vibia Kincardine Apr 2, 12:57
Awesome. We are expected to get our entire normal April rainfall in the next three days. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 12:49 4
- The May flowers will be HUGE! -- nm - Dano Apr 2, 14:39
- crap. I meant to get my yard prepped this weekend. ran out of time -- nm - Remlik Apr 2, 13:10
- I heard this morning that December through March in Chicago was officially the coldest 4 month period in the city's history. Avg. temp of 22F. -- nm - pmb Apr 2, 12:55
- well then it done and over with and clear blue skies ahead -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Apr 2, 12:50
You want cray? How bout Shailene Woodley, America's Sacred Moonchild -- (link) - Rula Stacks Apr 2, 12:36 47
- It was already in the glass, apparently. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 13:34
- I love her already. Too bad this is the sort of oddball celebrity ST usually rejects for being different -- nm - con_carne Apr 2, 13:30 3
  - We do? I thought we kind of appreciated the off beat. The out and out fuck ups are the ones I thought we had issues with -- nm - JD Apr 2, 14:07
  - I'm not sure she's being "rejected", given how many people here are talking about her talent. -- nm - kelly Apr 2, 13:45
  - Well, it depends on her stance on vaccines. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 2, 13:34
- sounds like she would have been the perfect girl to go Dead shows with in the 90's -- nm - Jovian Apr 2, 13:03
- This is amazing. -- nm - MDH Apr 2, 13:01
- I've never heard of her until now. She sounds very gifted. -- nm - CQ Apr 2, 12:52 24
  - she was excellent in Descendents. -- nm - Remlik Apr 2, 13:01 4
    - and The Spectacular Now! -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 2, 13:06 3
      - spectacular now would be nothing without her....nm - x Apr 2, 14:29
      - ok I will have to watch that. -- nm - Remlik Apr 2, 13:08 1
        
        You'll be glad you did. -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 2, 13:34
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    - you should make a point of seeing The Descendants - Jovian Apr 2, 12:58 4
      - it's ok....nm - x Apr 2, 14:30
      - yep. -- nm - Diva Apr 2, 13:13
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      - This. -- nm - kelly Apr 2, 13:04
  - Really? She is the lead in Divergent and she will be playing MJ in the new Spider-Man movies (announced a while ago). -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 12:53 12
    - I really have no idea what Divergent is except for hearing it here. Spider-Man movies? ahahhaahahahahha -- nm - CQ Apr 2, 12:59
    - She got fired from the Spider-Man movies. - pmb Apr 2, 12:55 9
      - Is that official? Last I heard was she was still on, just cut form the current as the character was not needed in it. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 12:57 8
        
        I heard that they cut her from the movie and planned to recast. But now that she's got more buzz maybe they'll change their mind. -- nm - pmb Apr 2, 13:02 1
        
        (buzz!) -- nm - prayformojo Apr 2, 13:04
        
        An interview came out yesterday where she said she had no idea whether she'd be in it, and that two franchises might be one too many -- (link) - Roger More Apr 2, 13:00 3
        
        God, I hope. They cast MJ horribly the first time and then turned around and went even more so, -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 13:05 2
        
        Jane Levy would be perfect (I think I heard this on ST first though, but I second this a lot) -- nm - Jovian Apr 2, 13:26 1
        
        I would have to think about it to see if there is someone better, but she would be in the top two or three at worst. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 13:28
        
        rumors are startting to circle that she might be back... - Jovian Apr 2, 12:59 1
        
        The IM was my concern. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 12:59
    - The MJ thing is kinda up in the air, with her part in 2 being cut and the rest of the Divergent trilogy picked up. -- nm - Ender Apr 2, 12:55
- why is,then, that we like her but hate gwen? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 12:49 1
  - We don't like her. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 12:50
- So is she the next JLAWR in waiting ? -- nm - eag Apr 2, 12:45 5
  - Gwyneth Paltrow -- nm - con_carne Apr 2, 13:29
  - no in waiting...she's here. -- nm - Remlik Apr 2, 13:13
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  - That has already been stated. - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 12:46
  - in her dreams, -- nm - Andie Apr 2, 12:46
- I hate pretty much everything right now and this made me laugh aloud. so thanks. - Vibia Kincardine Apr 2, 12:42 6
  - *snort!* -- nm - Diva Apr 2, 12:47
  - You just need some vitamin D. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 12:43 4
    - I just need some bees. -- nm - Vibia Kincardine Apr 2, 12:47 3
      - Bzzz! The correct response was "I just need some Vitamin Bees." -- nm - Ender Apr 2, 12:51 2
        
        Too easy to confuse with vitamin Ds, and that could get... messy. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 12:52
        
        L3 -- nm - Inigo Apr 2, 12:52
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- he's earning that $23M !! -- nm - decline Apr 2, 12:34
Interview with writers of Shield as to how the rest of the season will go some spoils if you have last few episodes -- (link) - eag Apr 2, 12:27 7
- Only have read part but my thought last night was (spoil) - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 12:33 6
  - Ive heard the theory that spoils - eag Apr 2, 12:43 1
    - You need a comma. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 12:45
  - this was my thought as well and (spoil) - decline Apr 2, 12:35 3
    - spoil - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 12:38 2
      - I think its possible (spoils) - eag Apr 2, 12:56 1
        
        Yeah, that was my thinking. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 12:57
vegas riders 'wow'ed at ferris wheel views -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 2, 12:26 21
- but not today. it is overcast with occasional rain -- nm - peglegpete Apr 2, 13:13 1
  - That mess is coming from thisaway, I think - con_carne Apr 2, 13:32
- as I said, it would take a Shark Terminator. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 2, 12:30 18
  - Is this Shark Terminator a robot in the shape of a shark? Or a robot designed to terminate sharks? (Both seem impractical in the mojave desert.) -- nm - Ender Apr 2, 12:54 1
    - you know - once I started mentioning this I started to think about it. - Mel Profit Apr 2, 13:00
  - wait - are you my "scared of heights we'll watch you guys on the wheel from below soul mate?* - JenBro Apr 2, 12:44 8
    - ~...I'm not going...~ -- nm - Diva Apr 2, 12:59
    - that's me -- nm - Pippy Apr 2, 12:52 4
      - so you, me, and the Mel/Deevs are playing black jack while they ride the wheel? - JenBro Apr 2, 13:51 1
        
        triple down - Pippy Apr 2, 14:11
      - You're Invited to the "Mel Hates Shark Terminators" Party. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 2, 13:12 1
        
        The only place safe from shark terminators, is up high. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 13:13
    - Oh, yoo are going up, for sure. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 12:46
    - It's a date. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 2, 12:44
  - We are going, dude! -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 12:39 2
    - I'll be at the Black Jack Table. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 2, 12:44 1
      - If we have to trick you into it, we will. - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 12:47
  - I will get you so drunk, you'll be begging for a 2nd go-around. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 2, 12:36 3
    - great, so he can come back to the room and erp on me. yay. -- nm - Diva Apr 2, 12:39 2
      - Oh, we were talking Vegas? Nah, that won't happen. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 2, 13:06
      - unless someone builds a Shark Terminator - it is not happening. - Mel Profit Apr 2, 12:43
It. Is. On! -- (link) - Spawn Lord Apr 2, 12:20 3
- bang a gong -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 2, 12:43
- Donkey Tron! -- nm - Max Apr 2, 12:30
- I ga-ron-tee! -- nm - con_carne Apr 2, 12:21

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