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Rangers! -- nm - budice Apr 27, 09:45
And the other little tidbit I missed but my daughter brought about Captain America (spoilers) - amoxy Apr 27, 09:20 4
- That's awesome. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 27, 09:45
- I noticed and I wonder if they had a conversation with that particular director - Epiphany Apr 27, 09:42
- Totally did not notice. Those are both fantastic spots. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 09:38
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty Apr 27, 09:24
I have to run a 1.5k today. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 09:10
Deadspin: Additional Donald Sterling tape footage -- (link) - budice Apr 27, 09:06 6
- Jee-sus Christ. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 27, 09:44
- I enjoyed that the NBA's initial statement included hints of a smear campaign against the woman involved. -- nm - David Apr 27, 09:29
- I like that he justifies his views with "Culture" and "that's how things are", but now he'll be attacked on all front - Guigue Apr 27, 09:11 3
  - But what can *he* do? He's only one billionaire, who actively discriminates! -- nm - Reagen Apr 27, 09:20 2
    - Something that's interesting about this whole thing to me that sort of crystalizes with this release - Reagen Apr 27, 09:27 1
      - There's that, and imagine there could be other lawsuits he'll face. -- nm - budice Apr 27, 09:38
Research suggests that money can increase happiness if invested in experiences over material goods -- (link) - ty97 Apr 27, 08:51 3
- I assume hookers fall into the experience category? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 27, 09:46
- Sometimes material goods lead to memorable experiences. -- nm - Beryllium trying to justify a laptop Apr 27, 08:53 1
  - A yacht won't make me happy. The yacht babes will. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Apr 27, 09:46
I'd have paid some amount of money to be present in the court when this happened. -- (link) - Reagen Apr 27, 08:22 6
- That dialogue could almost be right out of a Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker movie. -- nm - Max Apr 27, 14:16
- the lives of the very wealthy really are very different from you and me (well maybe not groiny) -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 27, 11:25
- This cannot be real. -- nm - David Apr 27, 09:32
- Hilarious -- nm - JaxSean Apr 27, 08:42
- "Then she flipped me over and tossed my salad." "Sir, I just asked you if you'd state your name for the record." -- nm - Krusty Apr 27, 08:30 1
  - Imagine if they had asked him about his job. -- nm - Dano Apr 27, 08:33
Outlander is soooooo much better than I had expected. -- nm - Beaker Apr 27, 08:13
Olympus has fallen was not a good movie. Maybe i should see if white house down is any better - Truman Apr 27, 08:03 5
- It isn't -- nm - J Apr 27, 09:25
- White House Down is 100 levels below the quality of Olympus -- nm - Jovian Apr 27, 08:07
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  - This. -- nm - Krusty Apr 27, 08:07
- I've only seen one ... but I can't remember which one. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 27, 08:04
They guy that dd absolutely nothing while priests abused children is a saint? Umm... not even close. -- nm - Krusty Apr 27, 06:54 14
- Sorry, "absolutely nothing" may not be totally accurate. . . - OAE -- Antarctica, Old Explorer Apr 27, 08:41 1
  - It's very accurate. He and the church covered up massive amounts of abuse by priests. -- nm - Krusty Apr 27, 09:16
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  - Did you pops not like PJP2? -- nm - Krusty Apr 27, 07:45 8
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      - Oof. I'd avoid calling him today. -- nm - Krusty Apr 27, 07:46 5
        
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        Huh. That is very interesting. - Krusty Apr 27, 08:01 3
        
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        I like him so much more now. :-) - Krusty Apr 27, 08:07 1
        
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    - *your* -- nm - Krusty Apr 27, 07:45
  - My family is not happy with the church and the Pope right now. All the love for the Pope disappeared this week. What he said about divorce pissed - Krusty Apr 27, 07:44
- *The guy that did* - Krusty Apr 27, 06:54
Hmm, those weather predictions are interesting for KC. Large hail likely, like potentially softball size. - Truman Apr 27, 06:09 3
- Get a bat -- nm - Bacon Apr 27, 07:38
- Yeah, I'm glad they've taken out most of the Tornado risk but they're saying high winds and hail are likely here. -- nm - spamlet (droid) Apr 27, 06:36
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Texas family plagued with ailments gets $3M in 1st-of-its-kind fracking judgment -- (link) - Beaker Apr 27, 06:01
John Paul II, John XXIII become Roman Catholic saints -- (link) - Beaker Apr 27, 05:29 1
- 26 days too late -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Apr 27, 07:08
I have to hang around for another half hour, its 3am...anybody out there? I'm waiting to resend my pirates in ika, with my posidon wonder recharged. - zeitgeist Apr 27, 03:10
Snopes and that Jim Koch/sam adams article about ingesting yeast to prevent drunkeness: UNDETERMINED -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 27, 01:19
AP - Obama says comments reportedly made by Clippers owner Sterling are "incredibly offensive" and "racist" -- (link) - budice Apr 27, 00:33 1
- In other news President Obama declares that water is wet -- nm - znufrii Apr 27, 06:08
Damn! -- (link) - Spawn Lord Apr 26, 23:15
This Avs series is going to give me a heart attack! Crazy! -- nm - Flavorize Apr 26, 22:13 2
- Word -- nm - JaxSean Apr 26, 22:47
- Kings in same boat..coming back from 3-0 deficit. Now 3-2, going back home for game 6. -- nm - budice Apr 26, 22:47
"Dare I ask what you call this flowery gathering of weirdness?" ... "The Barn of Truth." -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 22:10
Who the hell orders a gin and coke?? Banzai, that's who. - icolin Apr 26, 22:01 12
- It was *Jim* and Coke. Effing weirdo bartender. And for the record, no it was not good. -- nm - Banzai! Apr 27, 04:12
- Coke would work with a really flowery gin. -- nm - Flavorize Apr 26, 22:16
- I don't know what gin tastes like, but coke is a hell of a lot better than tonic water. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 22:05 9
  - The point of tonic is not to be sweet like coke or juice or whatever -- nm - con_carne Apr 26, 23:58
  - Gin is very herbal, like juniper... -- nm - icolin Apr 26, 23:25
  - if you want to drink kiddie sugar water, sure....at least tonic won't disappear when the kids show up and raid the frig..I love it as a soda, and a - zeitgeist Apr 26, 23:22
  - Huh. Interesting. Tonic water will appear fluourescent in direct sunlight. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 22:50
  - Think liquid tree bark... -- nm - IrishStephen Apr 26, 22:30 4
    - Specifically, a pine tree. -- nm - Ender Apr 26, 23:22 2
      - Oh! Oh, that sounds fine. Who hasn't wanted to chomp down on a pine? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 23:28
      - juniper is not pine, pine has long spaghetti like needles, juniper has short, spikey clusters, (ok both are evergreens) - zeitgeist Apr 26, 23:27
    - for gin? hmm. I think that would be too similar to coke to play well together. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 22:37
Well well well ... shawn spencer was right, snyder's of hanover = pretzely goodness -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 21:47
3 ST'ers walk into a bar . . . who are they, and why do we say, "What is this? A joke?" -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Apr 26, 21:35 2
- Mel Profit, Mop and myself. - Spawn Lord Apr 26, 21:37 1
  - 20 STers walk into a bar... - Diva Apr 27, 04:47
I think what I need on ST is a form people can fill out to file bugs and feature requests. Thoughts? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 21:27 7
- Avatars. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 26, 21:35
- nobody reads & uses the line above where to write you with suggestions? -- nm - peglegpete Apr 26, 21:31 2
  - Every once in a while, but having them go directly into my bug tracker would let me organize them better (and save me from forgetting to enter them) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 21:48 1
    - Oh, then by all means, make it so. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 26, 21:50
- We have bugs? -- nm - JaxSean Apr 26, 21:29 2
  - Wabbit Season!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Elmer Fudd Apr 26, 21:32 1
    - Duck Season !! FIRE !!!! -- nm - Daffy Duck Apr 26, 21:34
OT. Third straight Memphis/OKC game. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 26, 21:18
UFC 172: Bones Jones in action -- nm - budice Apr 26, 21:01
If you saw Saving Mr Banks, what grade did you give it? -- nm - kelly Apr 26, 20:47 6
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- A+ -- nm - David Apr 27, 06:50
- Agree with the below. Solid flick worth your time but not award worthy. -- nm - spamlet (droid) Apr 27, 06:40
- B- ... Also Fun fact: Saving Mr. Banks is currently the last flick Queer and The Fat Man reviewed. -- (link) - Qale Apr 26, 20:54
- B+ -- nm - peglegpete Apr 26, 20:51
- B -- nm - Dano Apr 26, 20:48
"The Dark Knight at the Roxbury" (from the comments on the image) -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 26, 20:41 1 1
- What is love? - Spawn Lord Apr 26, 20:45
Watching the X-Men previews with the spoiler knowledge from this week really does change the experience, a bit. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 26, 20:33
The wedding was precisely 40 minutes. It was filled with all the ritual that comes with Catholicism. The reception was real upscale as predicted. - Qale Apr 26, 20:17 11
- if there were less than 3 deaths, it was not a good Dothraki wedding -- nm - peglegpete Apr 26, 21:14 1
  - Yeah, well if it were a George R. R. Martin wedding, it'd just be weiner weiner weiner. -- nm - Butters Stotch Apr 26, 21:24
- Yeah, weddings have deep rooted tradtions that the more they try to do things 'different' the more they are always the same though its better if you.. - zeitgeist Apr 26, 21:10
- It was a teenage wedding and the old folks wished `em well You could see that Pierre did truly love the mademoiselle And now the young monsieur -- nm - peglegpete Apr 26, 20:58 1
  - and madam have rung the chapel bell C'est la vie say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell -- nm - peglegpete Apr 26, 20:59
- "I Knew the Bride When She Used To Rock and Roll" -- nm - mud Apr 26, 20:38
- I don't envy the heterosexuals that are shackled by the mandates of conformity. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 26, 20:35 4
  - I did warn ST a couple of days ago I might get wax 14 year old bad poetic. -- nm - Qale Apr 26, 20:54 3
    - I stole some cigs from my dad, if you want we can share some. -- nm - Spawn Lord Apr 26, 20:55 2
      - That'd be boss! -- nm - Qale Apr 26, 20:56 1
        
        you have to wear black and listen to his Cure cassettes then. -- nm - Remlik Apr 26, 21:06
Lebron taking 5 steps.... -- (link) - Remlik Apr 26, 20:11 3
- The big name guys never get called for travelling. MJ, Kobe, etc. Jordan could go the full length of the court without dribbling and no call. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Apr 27, 07:29
- freakin' basktball -- nm - Beaker Apr 27, 04:27
- Basketball is as fake as wrestling these days. -- nm - Max Apr 26, 20:22
is watching Beautiful Creatures -- nm - Dano Apr 26, 19:56 1
- You lose ST for the day. -- nm - Daavid Apr 26, 20:10
Les Nordique! Goal! -- nm - budice Apr 26, 19:56
Hm. I loved Wolf of Wall Street from beginning to end. - con_carne Apr 26, 19:19 4
- I enjoyed it a lot too, though it's basically the same movie as Goodfellas -- nm - Roger More Apr 26, 20:06 1
  - What r you even saying?! -- nm - Epiphany Apr 26, 22:24
- You're the evil twin. -- nm - Qale Apr 26, 19:52
- Leo wuz robbed! -- nm - Buzz Apr 26, 19:36
heh. groiny's son joined my minecraft game, his comments were freaking hilarious - Truman Apr 26, 18:29 6
- lol. Logan plays but it is on the stand-alone x-box, so no online. - Spawn Lord Apr 26, 20:58
- how badly did he beat you? :) -- nm - peglegpete Apr 26, 19:02
- did you download denmark yet? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Apr 26, 18:35 2
  - playing on the xbox, so nope. -- nm - Truman Apr 26, 18:39 1
    - slacker! -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Apr 26, 18:59
- sounds like he knows all of the ST excuses! -- nm - Remlik Apr 26, 18:33
Long live Heir to the Empire. -- nm - Beaker Apr 26, 18:14 7
- the king is dead. long live the king? -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Apr 26, 19:13
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  - What did Lucas manage to hose up, even without owning this stuff anymore? -- nm - Will Hunting, King of Ding Apr 26, 20:41
  - I feel like I should be able to sue them for me wasting my money buying their fucking books which don't count anymore...get on that Lawyer team - Beaker Apr 26, 18:42 3
    - *laughs heartily at you and your kind* - Spawn Lord Apr 26, 20:32
    - so does this mean it's anything like the whole Highlander universe thing, where the tv show exists in an alternate reality from the movies, which . . - i'm not dead yet ! Apr 26, 19:14 1
      - pretty much. I believe the movies, the Clones Wars cartoon, the new cartoon and some of the game stuff is all in continuity; - Beaker Apr 27, 04:29
Pfm: thanks for the link on b2. I checked the smell. Weirdly ... - Beryllium Apr 26, 18:07 2
- when in doubt, throw it out -- nm - Beaker Apr 26, 18:09 1
  - Prudent baseball advice -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 19:23
Kieran's wearing a superman cape. I told him "even superheroes have to walk when they're holding a fork" -- no running. :-) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 18:03
The worst part about the Donald Sterling story is that it legitimizes TMZ as an investigatory source. -- nm - Reagen Apr 26, 18:00 6
- How? From what I understand the girlfriend brought themtge audio, there wasn't much investigating on their partfrom what I can tell. -- nm - IrishStephen Apr 26, 18:23 1
  - *them the* -- nm - IrishStephen Apr 26, 18:25
- Even a stopped clock is invading people's privacy two times a day. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 26, 18:04
- Awaiting News Conference from NBA Commish .. Livestream here... -- (link) - budice Apr 26, 18:02 2
  - No punishment for Sterling yet. Sterling not attending game tomorrow. Kevin Johnson, Chris Paul leading effort for players -- nm - budice Apr 26, 18:07 1
    - likely to wrap up in "next few days". Marge Schott sitch brought up ala MLB. -- nm - budice Apr 26, 18:13
Curling: Harder than it f$%^ing looks. -- nm - spamlet Apr 26, 17:59 3
- Your hamstrings will hate you tomorrow and possibly try to kill you. -- nm - Reagen Apr 26, 18:00 2
  - The good news is that it's softball season, so they're pretty stretched out from pitching at practice for a couple of hours per week. - spamlet Apr 26, 18:07 1
    - It's a tidy little game to spend a couple of hours playing. And a well placed draw is up there with a fifteen foot putt. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 26, 19:38

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