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- HasJoeMauerHitAYetiYet -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 12:48
Big swarm of bees at sf/az baseball game -- nm - budice Apr 3, 12:42 4
- *grabs purse* -- nm - Shailene Woodley SI Apr 3, 12:49
- are they in the mouths of dogs? -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 12:46
- Wheeeee! -- nm - Shailene Apr 3, 12:43 1
  - "Who wants an aspirin?!" -- nm - Ender Apr 3, 12:44
Name a film that references a) a body of water specifically, or b) a body of water in general, but does not contain the word "water" - prayformojo Apr 3, 12:42 31
- The Crimson Rivers (Jean Reno) -- nm - Max Apr 3, 12:51
- Not sure if it counts: The Pacific -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 12:50
- Deep Blue Sea? -- nm - Guy Apr 3, 12:47
- the Lady in the Lake -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 3, 12:47 1
  - the Drowning Pool, Red Tide -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 3, 12:49
- Prince of Tides? -- nm - mara Apr 3, 12:47
- Sea of Love, Beyond the Sea, Ocean's 11, Bridge Over the River Kwai -- nm - pmb Apr 3, 12:47
- 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, The River Wild, Mystic River, Blue Lagoon, Pirates of the Carribbean, -- nm - mara Apr 3, 12:46 1
  - Deep Blue Sea. The Abyss. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 12:47
- Cape Fear -- nm - Shaun Apr 3, 12:46
- Dead Calm, (not really:) The Salton Sea -- nm - Max Apr 3, 12:45
- Water World! -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 12:45 3
  - does not contain the word "water" -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Apr 3, 12:46
  - Go sit in the corner and think about what you did! -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 3, 12:45 1
    - I ignored the dumb part of the question! -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 12:46
- Mystic River -- nm - Diva Apr 3, 12:45
- the dead pool - Beryllium Apr 3, 12:44
- Salmon Fishing in the Yemen? -- nm - Diva Apr 3, 12:44
- a river runs through it -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 3, 12:43
- The Lake House -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 12:43
- The Lake House. Ocean's blah, if that counts. -- nm - Shaun Apr 3, 12:43 1
  - You beat me by one second. I blame my ritz crackers. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 12:44
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- death on the nile -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 3, 12:43
- A River Wild -- nm - Pippy Apr 3, 12:43
- Bridge over the river kwai -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 12:43
- oceans 11? -- nm - Vibia Kincardine Apr 3, 12:43 1
  - 12 and 13! -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 12:46
- On Golden Pond? -- nm - Strongbad Apr 3, 12:42
- Lake Placid -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 12:42
LYC: After doing a little bit of research this morning (work-related) - Strongbad Apr 3, 12:39
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- Is their song still the theme from The Walking Dead? -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 12:38
Jane Goodall turns 80 today. -- nm - Max Apr 3, 12:34 1
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Most excellent painting of a moth. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 3, 12:28 [Image]
@Reds: We are optimistic to start playing today's game sometime between 4:00-4:45PM. We will have another update at 3:30PM. -- nm - Ender Apr 3, 12:28 2
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  - Tarp's off, 4:15 start. -- nm - Ender Apr 3, 12:36
Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich Resigns Over Prop 8 Controversy - I'm happy to see these people get slammed for their donations now. -- nm - MDH Apr 3, 12:24 7
- I didn't have the full story, but I was considering moving to Chrome. - JaxSean Apr 3, 12:44 1
  - You should be using Chrome anyway. Best browser, hands down. -- nm - Guy Apr 3, 12:46
- If we're going to have unlimited donations in politics, then we damn well better have full disclosure on who's donating to whom. - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 3, 12:28
- If only private corporations had the internal structures that would allow something like this to happen. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 12:28
- Did you see the the thing about OK Cupid and the anti-mozilla letter - decline Apr 3, 12:27 2
  - It was awesome. -- nm - David Apr 3, 12:34
  - I did see their boycott call. Glad to see they've removed it now. -- nm - MDH Apr 3, 12:28
Blue Jays are 1st in the AL East! Whoo! -- nm - Shaun Apr 3, 12:24 2
- I'll take a loss tonight and only a split in T-Bay if it means that Dustin McGowan wins tomorrow night in the home opener against Tanaka and the Yanks - Name Withheld By Request Apr 3, 12:39
- Woot! -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 12:24
Cubs Win!! - pmb Apr 3, 12:19 1
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Ouch. "Miami OT Seantrel Henderson didn't help himself today - "quit" his Pro Day workout halfway through it. No explanation yet." -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 12:17 2
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  - Yup. Even if you are bombing, you keep your chin up and finish. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 12:21
"Basically you never want to treat sex stains with bleach." -- (link) - today on Fresh Air Apr 3, 12:17
Rise in beef prices coming to Canadian restaurants, grocery stores -- (link) - Beaker Apr 3, 12:15
3-D printing: Human organs (link) - Jovian Apr 3, 12:15
*nervous about starting Lincecum today* -- nm - Guy Apr 3, 12:13
New Expendables 3 trailers has movie footage. Spoiler: things blow up. -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 3, 12:11 2
- speaking of, movie club, I really want to have escape plan for bad movie night this weekend. if you see a code cheap, holla? -- nm - Vibia Kincardine Apr 3, 12:16 1
  - Seems to be pretty rare. I've seen one single UV code available in the last couple of days... in SD. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 3, 12:41
The Week in Gossip: Power Couple Check-in With Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey … and Lindsay Lohan and Arianna Huffington -- (link) - Beaker Apr 3, 12:09
HasJoeMauerHitItOutoftheInfieldYet.com - spamlet Apr 3, 12:07 1
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Strange. FX is one of the few networks that my cable company doesn't give me access to for watching online episodes - prayformojo Apr 3, 12:04
so, i have finished all available Downton Abbey episodes. I am in withdrawal. - Andie Apr 3, 12:03 9
- s o a -- nm - groiny Apr 3, 12:46
- Hannibal, GoT, Justified -- nm - Jovian Apr 3, 12:08 5
  - oh The Americans too -- nm - Jovian Apr 3, 12:08 4
    - love The Americans -- nm - Remlik Apr 3, 12:33 1
      - word -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 12:47
    - also Fargo comes out soon. That looks fantastic. Oh and also True Detective is HBOs best series since GoT - Jovian Apr 3, 12:09 1
      - Fargo looks fun. I'm so choked. They were going to shoot here, but passed only because there's no LA-Wpg direct flights. - Name Withheld By Request Apr 3, 12:13
- Game of Thrones! Breaking Bad!! Arrow!!! -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 12:05 1
  - i am done Breaking Bad. Maybe GOT. maybe. -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 12:07
Canada: Victims bill of rights would see spouses compelled to testify -- (link) - Beaker Apr 3, 12:03
Ventura is going to have them running laps after the game at this point. -- nm - spamlet Apr 3, 12:00
STIS: What's the formula for calculating Present Value of an equal payment every month over an infinite time frame? -- nm - Strongbad Apr 3, 11:52 11
- =pv(rate,nper,pmt,fv,arrears?) - spamlet Apr 3, 11:54 2
  - the mouth on this one -- nm - prayformojo Apr 3, 12:02 1
    - =sumif(range, criteria, sum range) - spamlet Apr 3, 12:17
- wiki? -- (link) - Vibia Kincardine Apr 3, 11:53 7
  - (everything I can find assumes an n, length of time) -- nm - Strongbad Apr 3, 11:54 4
    - If you're using Excel, just put in 1,000,000. Once you get past that the PV changes aren't material for each additional. -- nm - spamlet Apr 3, 11:55 3
      - Thanks. I should have tried Excel. I'm looking at the P/A charts and they max out at n=100. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 3, 11:56 2
        
        Truthfully even at 100 it starts to get really small. -- nm - spamlet Apr 3, 11:57 1
        
        Graci. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 3, 12:03
  - calc? -- (link) - Vibia Kincardine Apr 3, 11:53 1
    - yup. life of project (years) -- nm - Strongbad Apr 3, 11:54
Report from my wife from the set - She's basically soaking wet and freezing. - pmb Apr 3, 11:51 16
- You called it. -- nm - David Apr 3, 11:59 1
  - Yeah. It's a shame the weather is so bad. -- nm - pmb Apr 3, 12:04
- Most of the movie sets I've been to were easy filming for the actors with the exception of tedious retakes and waiting for the director's ok to move - crankyanker Apr 3, 11:57 13
  - and if you mean the actual actors, the extras (or, technically background talent) have it about 100 times worse. -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 12:05 7
    - Yes, as far as the waiting and mindless cheering, clapping, booing just for the retakes, the extras have looooonnngg days. -- nm - crankyanker Apr 3, 12:28 2
      - they also get stuck in whatever space is leftover, on folding chairs, and sit in there for hours till they get called. -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 12:29 1
        
        or worse, standing for the entire time. -- nm - crankyanker Apr 3, 12:31
    - I worked as an extra twice. It's awful. Some people do this everyday for a living. If I did that my - Diva Apr 3, 12:07 3
      - did i ever tell the story of the uppity extra when i worked on FX: The Series? - Andie Apr 3, 12:20 2
        
        heh, I remember a shoot where there were about 900 background people....one girl actually asked if they could wait before doing the next shot so she - crankyanker Apr 3, 12:30
        
        people are crazy. that's just appalling. -- nm - Diva Apr 3, 12:23
  - i got a residual check for 6 cents the other day. -- nm - Diva Apr 3, 11:58 4
    - Wu-Tang Clan has the right idea...forget the residuals, get it all up front! -- nm - crankyanker Apr 3, 12:05 1
      - Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthin Ta F(ront) Wit -- (link) - Guy Apr 3, 12:07 [youtube]
    - You're worth every penny! ;-) -- nm - crankyanker Apr 3, 11:59 1
      - Heh. I said the same to Felicia Day about her check for two cents. - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 12:01
lyc, road trip is looking more and more awesome....I think we're celebrating Cinco de Mayo in Dallas! Also, one of my clients just opened a new - crankyanker Apr 3, 11:46 6
- can I crash the Cinco De Mayo party?! -- nm - Pippy Apr 3, 11:52 1
  - Yes...I'll keep you updated but we've love to have you join us on the lake. -- nm - crankyanker Apr 3, 11:58
- Ask them what's the best/cheapest way to get from Houston to Galveston.... - Meg Apr 3, 11:47 3
  - hitch -- nm - decline Apr 3, 11:50
  - will get back to you on that. -- nm - crankyanker Apr 3, 11:48
  - An umbrella and roller skates. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 3, 11:48
Getting tweets from celebs always makes me smile -- (link) - oblique Apr 3, 11:40 1
- cool -- nm - crankyanker Apr 3, 11:42
I just had to call 911 on a guy I found huffing from a can of compressed air. He was so out of it on the ground in a park I was walking through. - Krusty Apr 3, 11:33 12
- nasty stuff. -- (link) - znufrii Apr 3, 12:18
- PS - Guy Apr 3, 12:11
- Did he look like this? -- (link) - Guy Apr 3, 11:45 1
  - Too bad all drugs aren't that obvious.....it would eliminate the need for workplace testing. -- nm - crankyanker Apr 3, 11:50
- nice, you may have saved his life, who knows. -- nm - crankyanker Apr 3, 11:44
- i am actually impressed that they came that quickly. -- nm - Andie Apr 3, 11:36 5
  - I wasn't done taking to the operator and both were on the scene. It was super quick, must be a quiet day for them. -- nm - Krusty Apr 3, 11:38 4
    - Was it Manhattan? I imagine you can shout "Hey, police!" in midtown and three cops will come running. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 3, 11:41 3
      - "I will not buy this record, it is scratched." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 3, 11:44
      - Yeah, Upper West Side in Riverside Park. -- nm - Krusty Apr 3, 11:44 1
        
        Of course. -- nm - Chuck D SI Apr 3, 11:56
- Nice going, Citizen Krusty (that footnote is very much you) -- nm - prayformojo Apr 3, 11:36
Random: How about putting Dr. Andrews into the WWE Hall of Fame. -- nm - Qale Apr 3, 11:26 5
- if he ever did want that, I'm not sure he'd want it from a wrestling group. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 3, 11:47
- Is Brother Love in yet? He should be. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 3, 11:33
- Cuban Assassin! -- nm - Beaker Apr 3, 11:32
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  - Seriously. So many careers have been saved because of him. -- nm - Krusty Apr 3, 11:33
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- Last night's game didn't start until Kim was already asleep and today's was supposed to start at 12:30. - David Apr 3, 11:25
- Looks like in about 4 hours it may stop raining in Cinci. - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 11:19
- Been bumped to 3, but not looking goof. -- nm - Jim Apr 3, 11:19 5
  - Reds ‏@Reds: Our next update will be at approximately 3PM, when we are optimistic to provide an estimated game start time. -- nm - Ender Apr 3, 11:21 3
    - They are getting the exact part of the storm we were getting here. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 11:22 2
      - SFEK , and we are 129 miles due west. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 3, 11:24 1
        
        This early in the season with so manuy make up days available and this being a travel day, it wouldn't surprise me if they bag it. We'll see. -- nm - volnelk Apr 3, 11:36
  - or good. -- nm - Jim Apr 3, 11:19
Survivor did anyone notice (spoilers) - oblique Apr 3, 11:16 3
- I think (spoils) - Jim Apr 3, 11:18 2
  - spoils - Kim Pine Apr 3, 11:26 1
    - Oh yeah, that happened. I don't remember her talking earlier like she thought he did have one. Sorry, wasn't clear. -- nm - Jim Apr 3, 11:34

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