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I hate this week. It's the week of sports mourning. While the Final Four still looms, - prayformojo Apr 3, 08:16
Just got interviewed live on Radio 1Xtra while I was in the lift, luckily I didn't swear. -- nm - LMS Apr 3, 08:09 2
- Nice! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 3, 08:12 1
  - The DJ Charlie was trying to find people who were travelling only one floor. Luckily I was going 9 floors. -- nm - LMS Apr 3, 08:15
This sporcle quiz of celebrity look alikes is pretty great. Some are so close it will take you a second (even though you won't get any wrong), and - pmb Apr 3, 08:07
I dislike tony so much that I may actually stop watching survivor this season. -- nm - Vibia Kincardine Apr 3, 08:01 11
- For me it's (spoils) - Jim Apr 3, 08:04 9
  - For me it's... - Kim Pine Apr 3, 08:08 7
    - spoils - Jovian Apr 3, 08:18
    - We're pretty well in line right now. (spoils) - Jim Apr 3, 08:12 4
      - I'll say this about Tony (spoils) - Jim Apr 3, 08:15 3
        
        agreed (spoils) - Jovian Apr 3, 08:21 1
        
        several people got caught up in a "Malcolm moment" last night, I think. (Spoils) - Jim Apr 3, 08:24
        
        spoils - Kim Pine Apr 3, 08:20
    - (spoils, I guess) -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 3, 08:09
  - really so few of these people are likable (sp) - Vibia Kincardine Apr 3, 08:07
- no you are forbidden - Jovian Apr 3, 08:04
I think it's needless to say that Hugo Weaving must be in the 3 new upcoming Harry Potter/Fantastic Beasts movies. It's his burden to bear. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 3, 08:00 3
- i feel like it might need some Clive Owen. -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 08:01 2
  - What little I know about the lead, Newt Scamander, shouts Martin Freeman. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 3, 08:11 1
    - James MacAvoy. -- nm - LMS Apr 3, 08:16
Just randomly discovered what a Holly Sonders was. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 3, 07:52 31
- I guess she is good looking for a woman golfer. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 3, 07:58 23
  - Who are you and what have you done with groiny? -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 08:00 22
    - I prefer Gulbis or Creamer, to be honest. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 3, 08:01 21
      - Link rule. - Shaun Apr 3, 08:02 13
        
        gulbis.... -- (link) - groiny Apr 3, 08:04 [Image] 10
        
        Also, that image is photoshopped all to hell. She's still decent though of course. -- nm - Shaun Apr 3, 08:14 4
        
        I almost prefer them to be pictures of them on the course, as that is what they really look like. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 3, 08:15 3
        
        Yeah, that was why I prefer Holly to the other two. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 08:16 2
        
        Also, I'll almost always prefer a brunette over a blonde. -- nm - Shaun Apr 3, 08:18
        
        Same. -- nm - Shaun Apr 3, 08:16
        
        Do not care for her face, at all. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 08:05 4
        
        Aye, same with Creamer's tbh. -- nm - Shaun Apr 3, 08:06
        
        that one Shaun linked is one step short of a Kabuki. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 3, 08:06 2
        
        Fine. You take the blonde, I'll take the brunette. Deal? :) -- nm - Shaun Apr 3, 08:07 1
        
        sure. she just is too painted and tanning boothed for my liking. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 3, 08:09
        
        I looked up the first one and she was meh compared to this one. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 08:04 1
        
        and I think Will is right, Paula Creamer has not aged as well as I would have hoped. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 3, 08:06
      - Wait, there's actually a hot golfer named Creamer? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 3, 08:02
      - Mmmmm, Natalie Gulbis.... - Will Hunting Apr 3, 08:01
      - Never heard of them. - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 08:01 4
        
        as of this morning, ok. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 3, 08:02 3
        
        Good. Dalton's Creek was very full this morning. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 08:03 2
        
        we will see how the day progresses. - groiny Apr 3, 08:11 1
        
        Last night the further south you went, the higher the rainfall totals were, so that was good at least. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 08:12
- Meh. -- nm - Ender Apr 3, 07:55 5
  - If she really is a pro golfer, she deserves more than a "meh". -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 07:56 4
    - You kind of have to weigh it in terms of the situation. In terms of super hotness, maybe not so excellent. In terms of women's pro golfer though... -- nm - Shaun Apr 3, 07:58 1
      - Exactly. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 07:59
    - I. said. 'meh'. -- nm - Ender Apr 3, 07:56 1
      - I concur. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 3, 08:01
- Flagging just in case for folks. -- nm - Shaun Apr 3, 07:52
This Diego episode confuses me. Ostriches and mountain lions don't live on the same continent! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 07:48
Steelers sign Darrius Heyward-Bey -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 07:48
Got my new work laptop. It's WIn8-tastic! - spamlet Apr 3, 07:45 4
- Yup. Just exiting a Metro... I mean Modern app is a clusterf*ck. It's embarrassing. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 3, 08:09
- they asked me to bets win8 on an ultrabook (?) at work. I said no thanks. -- nm - Vibia Kincardine Apr 3, 07:48 2
  - That's basically what I have. It's a thin 13" Dell but not quite Ultrabook. - spamlet Apr 3, 07:49 1
    - Oh, and apparently you have to grab the top of the screen and swipe down to exit full screen apps. - spamlet Apr 3, 07:50
I feel like buying myself a present. screwit, right? I can pay for it in summer. what should I get, do we think? -- nm - Vibia Kincardine Apr 3, 07:42 7
- I just splurged (depends on your income I suppose) on a sweet pair of nice Ray-Bans. Super happy with them. -- nm - volnelk Apr 3, 08:11
- *sniff* -- nm - new TiVo Apr 3, 07:59
- hello, shoes. -- nm - spamlet Apr 3, 07:51
- trip to Vegas -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 07:45 3
  - maybe just a touch out of the price range I was thinking. -- nm - Vibia Kincardine Apr 3, 07:48 1
    - Do it. Do it. - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 07:50
  - THIS -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 07:47
The head of drama is wandering around the phone on the phone discussing the next series of Sherlock. Good to hear there's some movement on it. -- nm - LMS Apr 3, 07:38 4
- Is this an official title or an earned one? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 07:43 2
  - Not the official title but sums it up. -- nm - LMS Apr 3, 07:51 1
    - While mandy's is official. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 3, 08:03
- Still looking at New Year's 2016 though, right? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 3, 07:40
So you can enroll in the healthcare marketplace outside of open enrollment if you have a "qualifying life event." - mara Apr 3, 07:35 11
- That's a specific term in the law already as mentioned below. Most private plans allow you to change outside of open enrollment for a life event. -- nm - spamlet Apr 3, 07:44 2
  - For example, when you're abducted by aliens you can opt to change to a plan that covers anal probings. -- nm - Ender Apr 3, 07:46 1
    - Unless you're in Texas. They don't like any sort of anal probing down there. -- nm - spamlet Apr 3, 07:48
- "Examples of qualifying life events are moving to a new state, certain changes in your income, and changes in your family size " -- (link) - decline Apr 3, 07:38 3
  - Yes, I already know that they list those three examples. I started there. -- nm - mara Apr 3, 07:40 2
    - I kind of figured you did but thought I would throw it up anyway :) -- nm - decline Apr 3, 07:49 1
      - No problem. Sorry to sound so snippy, that was rude. -- nm - mara Apr 3, 07:50
- I don't think quitting your job is one....being let go from your job though is, iirc. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 3, 07:37 3
  - "If you leave your job for any reason and lose your job-based coverage, you can choose to buy coverage from the Marketplace." -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 3, 07:39 2
    - Excellent, thanks! -- (link) - mara Apr 3, 07:41 1
      - Also (for my future reference -- thanks, ST, for being my bookmark service), reportable life changes listed here: -- (link) - mara Apr 3, 07:45
Bishop building manson "apologizes" by saying it was justified fiscally but he failed to realize how people would see it. - mara Apr 3, 07:29
ok, so - the current look of the beta site is the intended look of slackertalk.com, not the intended look of the beta site. I'm just using that - Beryllium Apr 3, 07:20 3
- Most of the B2 feedback seems geared toward comparing it to the responsive look, whereas it should actually be compared to the classic look ... :-) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 07:34 1
  - Sorry, I thought it was replacing the beta. I didn't try it on the desktop -- nm - spamlet Apr 3, 07:45
- I'll set it back to the regular beta site before heading to work today. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 07:31
Ender, B2 "Crap stat"? Really? Hits allowed? I get that 5 is an arbitrary number, but the fact that nobody else.... - volnelk Apr 3, 07:19 9
- Cingrani has pitched like a whopping 120 innings in MLB, let's wait before crowning him. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 3, 07:20 8
  - I'm not crowning him. That's the point. The streak is significant. - volnelk Apr 3, 07:23 7
    - Becuase most pitchers who are giving up less than 1 hit per inning don't come out after 5 innings. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 3, 07:28
    - lol, you just compared him to a 2 time Cy Young winner. - groiny Apr 3, 07:25 5
      - Just to show that it isn't just random luck and that he is overall doing very well as well. Sure walks would be significant as well, but..... - volnelk Apr 3, 07:30 1
        
        In those 19 starts, he's pitched 104 innings.... - Will Hunting Apr 3, 07:33
      - It doesn't even take into account length of outing. Quality starts are kinda a crap stat too, but at least they're well defined. -- nm - Ender Apr 3, 07:27 2
        
        I would argue that it indirectly does, with the exception of injury. You don't really have short quality outings. -- nm - volnelk Apr 3, 07:33 1
        
        to date, they remove him after 5, or likely 2 times through the batting order. - groiny Apr 3, 07:46
dear prudence: My MIL Found Out My Baby's Sex Against My Wishes - Diva Apr 3, 07:16 48
- This can get the ultrasound technician fired. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 3, 08:14
- I don't understand how people don't get that unless your gametes are involved, pregnancy isn't about you. - Reagen Apr 3, 08:08
- If this is the biggest problem in your life, please kill yourself now -- nm - con_carne Apr 3, 08:02 4
  - That's one of the bigger moments of becoming parents....and if they've made a decision - Will Hunting Apr 3, 08:20
  - that is totally not fair. having your MIL intentionally do something against your wishes like that is actually a big deal. - Andie Apr 3, 08:07 1
    - Yeah, it's not about this particular thing, it's about what an awful person she is. -- nm - mara Apr 3, 08:14
  - Well, having a MIL that jerky is going to be an ongoing bummer. -- nm - mara Apr 3, 08:05
- MIL doesn't know boundaries. And medical folks don't know HIPAA -- nm - ty97 Apr 3, 07:59
- "I wouldn't be too smug, it isn't your sons" - Beaker Apr 3, 07:42 3
  - I honestly do think they should forbof her presence at the hospital when the child is born and then call and say it is a boy. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 07:47 2
    - i would totally do this. "we are so pleased to tell you that Magda just gave birth to our son, Sebastian!" -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 07:48 1
      - And plus, it is a baby so as long as the diaper stays on they can run with this until the kid is a few years old! -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 07:49
- *keeps reading "MIL" as "ML" in this thread* -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 07:36
- that "still had a mother" line should get a a curb stomping -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 07:23 4
  - agreed. I'd quietly spend the rest of the relationship with her looking to nuke her from orbit. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 3, 08:07
  - because MIL hadn't already been awful enough. -- nm - Diva Apr 3, 07:24 2
    - justifying what she did by bringing that up; I'm surprised the pregnant lady isn't in jail for murdering her on the spot -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 07:25 1
      - i like Andie's advice re: trying to stay calm and happy. It's the best thing for the baby. I can't even imagine how livid the parents are. -- nm - Diva Apr 3, 07:27
- MIL is a bitch. Just do what you and hubby need to do to stay happy and calm when the baby comes. -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 07:22
- that has to be some sort of violation, right??? -- nm - groiny Apr 3, 07:21 18
  - that practice should fire that ultrasound technician. -- nm - Diva Apr 3, 07:32 5
    - I think the complaint should be filed even if they don't fire her. -- nm - Vibia Kincardine Apr 3, 07:45 1
      - sorry -- even if they do fire her. -- nm - Vibia Kincardine Apr 3, 07:45
    - If they don't, they've got a huge potential liability issue down the line nm -- nm - ralph wiggum Apr 3, 07:34 2
      - very much this -- nm - JenBro Apr 3, 08:01 1
        
        and really ... wouldn't having mom's source and friend lose their job over this be like the ultimate revenge? -- nm - JenBro Apr 3, 08:01
  - without question - znufrii Apr 3, 07:24 2
    - How to file a complaint -- (link) - mara Apr 3, 07:30
    - It will be hilarious when the baby is actually a boy. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 07:26
  - Oh yeah, that's a HIPAA issue right there. -- nm - Jim Apr 3, 07:23 2
    - could she sue? she could, right? I think I would. -- nm - Vibia Kincardine Apr 3, 07:31 1
      - I certainly would investigate the option, at the very least. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 3, 08:00
  - You mean legal? Hmm, maybe HIPAA? -- nm - mara Apr 3, 07:22 4
    - they can't even leave info on my home voice mail, but they can give info to a mother in law??? - groiny Apr 3, 07:23 3
      - Unless she signed something listing the MIL as someone that can discuss her medical information, agreed. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 07:33
      - A lawsuit would have to prove pain and suffering or monetary expense, and while it's a crap move, I can't see much suffering coming from knowing a - mara Apr 3, 07:31 1
        
        the privacy breach would be the main point; and I'd say they'd settle quick to keep it from the public eye -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 07:40
  - As retribution? Gross. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 07:22
- Too vengeful? Nah. I don't think she's being vengeful enough. -- nm - kelly Apr 3, 07:20
- If anything, you're not being vengeful enough imo. - Will Hunting Apr 3, 07:19 4
  - agreed, but not sure what else there is she can do beyond cutting MIL out. - znufrii Apr 3, 07:22 1
    - If the tech is employed, file the lawsuit. Right there is a vengeful consequence to someone who merits - Will Hunting Apr 3, 07:36
  - heh. -- nm - kelly Apr 3, 07:20
  - *ding* -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 07:20
- Wow. MIL is a total bitch. -- nm - znufrii Apr 3, 07:18
- Nuke the bitch. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 07:18
- There's clearly only one solution. Abort this one and have another. -- nm - Ender Apr 3, 07:18 1
  - heh ... you my friend - are in a dark dark place ... - JenBro Apr 3, 08:03
From B2...I used to campout for concert tickets all the time. - Jim Apr 3, 07:16
Beyonce's interns: Paid in Pepsi and selfies. -- (link) - Ender Apr 3, 07:14 3
- An April Fool's joke, according to HuffPo. -- nm - mara Apr 3, 07:16 2
  - The most explosive blind item ever! -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 3, 08:01
  - Ahh. -- nm - Ender Apr 3, 07:17
5 Survival Stories Too Miraculous to Be Real -- (link) - Beaker Apr 3, 07:11

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