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- Really? REALLY? -- nm - Qale May 21, 08:53
- i actually think people are blowing that out of proportion. first of all stop saying she is 'in bed' with him, they are lounging on a bed, not - Andie May 21, 06:07
- Seriously with the ad video?? -- nm - Jim May 21, 06:07 3
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    - It's a popup that will not allow you access to the site until you watch it. -- nm - Jim May 21, 06:08 1
      - weird, i didn't get that. -- nm - Andie May 21, 06:09
Posted? Novak Djokovic donated all his prize money from Rome to the flood relief efforts in Serbia - Andie May 21, 06:04 1
- In other tennis news Rory McIlroy calls off engagement to Caroline Wozniacki shortly after getting invitations made. -- (link) - Diva - KBS May 21, 06:11
Anyone playing "Plague, Inc."? It's an app. Kind of fun, but frustrating. Develop a virus that destroys the world. - volnelk May 21, 05:55 2
- It's great and gets viciously hard with other types of diseases. -- nm - Tim May 21, 06:08
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I have a book rec for ST - "Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore". It is a very fun, light book, with some mystery and intrigue - Andie May 21, 05:53
Cole Middle School Cancels Honors Night -- (link) - Strongbad May 21, 05:51 2
- Burn it to the ground. -- nm - Was Bar Was May 21, 06:12
- offs. -- nm - znufrii May 21, 05:54
Wow. NBA Reporter on Embiid: “His ceiling is Hakeem Olajuwon. His basement is Serge Ibaka.” -- nm - Strongbad May 21, 05:49 4
- He would really need to bulk up to be like Ibaka. He's got talent but he's still too skinny and soft for the NBA. - Krusty May 21, 06:08
- I feel like Cleveland takes him and he's Greg Oden. That would be very Cleveland. -- nm - volnelk May 21, 05:51 2
  - I'm happy with the 4 and 12 picks for my team (Orlando) - Strongbad May 21, 05:52 1
    - In this day of the draft, where everyone is essentially not yet developed, the 4 has as good a shot as the 1 to get the superstar. -- nm - volnelk May 21, 05:56
Has anyone seen The Grand Seduction? The cast looks like a who's who of Newfoundland actors/actresses -- nm - Beaker May 21, 05:38 2
- i haven't, but i want to. -- nm - Andie May 21, 05:51
- plus Brendan Gleeson and Taylor Kitsch -- nm - Beaker May 21, 05:40
Rachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen are expecting a child -- (link) - zork May 21, 05:20 4
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- NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Jim May 21, 05:37 1
  - hee -- nm - ty97 May 21, 05:39
- Lucky dude -- nm - droidlet May 21, 05:35
Water goes 'missing' with snow loss -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk May 21, 05:04 1
- Ocean's 14 -- nm - zeitgeist May 21, 10:45
New GM recall adds 2.4 million more vehicles -- (link) - Beaker May 21, 04:49 1
- bringing the total number it has recalled to 13.6 million this year. -- nm - Beaker May 21, 04:49
The new U.S. college fad of 'disinviting' the commencement speaker -- (link) - Beaker May 21, 04:48 1
- My undergrad speaker was so awful that I don't think I even attended my graduate ceremony. - Strongbad May 21, 05:47
It wasn't on a bus or in the lift, but I walked past Alex Kingston at the top of my street this morning. -- nm - LMS May 21, 04:46 3
- That's a great way to start a morning. -- nm - Walt_Disney May 21, 05:51
- nice -- nm - Remlikindle May 21, 05:50
- Nice! -- nm - Krusty May 21, 05:33
Led Zeppelin Sued Over 'Stairway To Heaven' Guitar Line -- (link) - Strongbad May 21, 04:41 1
- Weird timing. "Filed on behalf of the trust of the guitarist who died in 1997"? -- nm - volnelk May 21, 05:53
The Chemistry Joke That Got a Student Suspended -- (link) - Strongbad May 21, 04:40 1
- offs. -- nm - znufrii May 21, 05:32
Dale Jr will have a Superman-themed 88 car this weekend in Charlotte. No pics released yet. - Strongbad May 21, 04:39
Daughter wants to know if I plan to drag G'daughter to formal meal in the dining room 'cause "she doesn't have much in the way of shmanzy clothes." - Meg May 20, 22:52 2
- heh -- nm - budice May 20, 23:07
- LBD - zeitgeist May 20, 23:06
Ratings: America Checked Out Maya Rudolph’s Variety Special -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) May 20, 22:26
One hella good Supernatural. Spoils - ..... May 20, 22:05
Oh fuuuu**! Lightening just hit a few feet from me. -- nm - ..... May 20, 21:48 2
- I'll get you next time. -- nm - God May 20, 21:50 1
  - no one kills him but me -- nm - Cat May 20, 21:52
Vegas High Roller gets best views of the strip -- (link) - zeitgeist May 20, 21:46 3
- You should have come with us and you could have seen for yourself.....spectacular! -- nm - Meg May 20, 21:50 2
  - Zeit landed at 9:30...we should have dragged Jen with us :) -- nm - peglegpete May 20, 22:14
  - The one shot I didn't get and they have is the one of the door as you board. The car keeps moving, there's a drop from the platform on either side of - Meg May 20, 21:54
Time.com: ‘My Rapist Is Still on Campus’: Sex Assault in the Ivy League -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) May 20, 21:42
"Wookie" -- nm - ..... May 20, 21:33
How the heck am I suppose to measure up now to you Meg when you visit at the end of the month? All I'll have to offer is Mario Kart 8. -- nm - Qale May 20, 21:31 4
- Remember I'll have G'daughter with me...I'll have to play the respectable old lady ;) -- nm - Meg May 20, 21:41 3
  - Oh, so I get the SFW version? -- nm - Qale May 20, 21:55 2
    - May depend on whether she sees that photo before we leave :) - Meg May 20, 22:04 1
      - Oh lawd. I suppose I could be on my best behavior for once. -- nm - Qale May 20, 23:08
Godzilla-B (spoils, inside)--Non-spoils--Do you guys think Godzilla looked fat? Like a middle-aged Godzilla? - Flavorize May 20, 21:19 4
- Yeah, A- ffor the Big G. Would have been a B+ except for one glorious spoil -- Spawn Lord (aka Spawn) May 20, 12:30 - Spawn Lord May 20, 21:29
- at one point Godzilla had a visible 8 pack. -- nm - MDH May 20, 21:27
- On the subject of his weight... -- (link) - Ender May 20, 21:21 1
  - The ate a whole nuke reactor, then fell asleep, that's a barium belly -- nm - zeitgeist May 20, 21:32
So anybody who watched the Castle season ender has gotta think what im thinking (spoils) - eag May 20, 21:05 3
- someone else came up with this possible spoiler - peglegpete May 20, 21:07 2
  - Or could be (spoilers) - eag May 20, 21:11 1
    - Spoilers - Beryllium May 21, 00:02
phase 1: go back in time and stop this pincushion from being made -- (link) - Beryllium May 20, 20:42 4
- this is very common. I believe that there were also similar Hirohito & Mussolini pin cushons -- nm - peglegpete May 20, 21:11
- looks antique actually - DaneDukeNuuk May 20, 20:45 2
  - That's why it's phase 1. phase 2 is go back in time und stampfen den Führer -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 20:48 1
    - in den arsh? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk May 20, 20:48
Serious investors out there, is there any segment of the market you particularly like right now? - Meg May 20, 20:39 20
- Some retail stocks look very interesting. After the craptastic winter, numbers from them have been pretty poor and they've taken a beating. -- nm - Was Bar Was May 21, 06:11
- you should have gotten a certain NY government lawyer drunk and used your charms to get some inside trader info out of him -- nm - zeitgeist May 20, 21:24 2
  - But then he'd question me and make me cry :( -- nm - Meg May 20, 21:27 1
    - I prefer it when he makes me laugh ;) -- nm - Meg May 20, 21:28
- I hear penny stocks are great! -- nm - Ender May 20, 20:55 1
  - Blue Horseshoe loves Zynga! nm - ralph wiggum May 20, 21:02
- I moved 1\3 of my equities into cash. I feel a correction looming. Moved some into an ETF: PID foreign companies that produce dividends - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 May 20, 20:54 4
  - Yup, I really haven't taken a close look at my holdings recently and I need to do that. I'm pretty well balanced but there's a couple of dogs. -- nm - Meg May 20, 20:59 3
    - Yep, I purged some dogs last week entirely and cut some winners down by up to 70% to keep some profits. - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 May 20, 21:03 2
      - I need to be more pro-active. I have one fund that's already down 10% YTD and I keep thinking it'll recover :/ -- nm - Meg May 20, 21:10 1
        
        You can always trim it and not close your position completely. -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 May 20, 21:13
- if you can buy this for the low end of the estimate, you should do well with it -- (link) - peglegpete May 20, 20:49 8
  - how old do you think 2221 is? -- nm - zeitgeist May 20, 22:38 1
    - 1915-25 -- nm - peglegpete May 20, 22:41
  - Shiny - you're not bidding on this one? -- nm - Meg May 20, 20:52 5
    - I was waiting for you to pass, but yes it is really good and I like it a lot. -- nm - peglegpete May 20, 21:04
    - I like 2225 too...and 2224. I'm partial to Two Grey Hills, and Ganado, and....... :) -- nm - Meg May 20, 20:56 3
      - there are many very good rugs in the sale, but out of my budget. I know the est. on 2225 is very low, and I expect it to stop near $20k - peglegpete May 20, 21:03 2
        
        I like the 4 athlete figures, tall skinny dudes -- nm - zeitgeist May 20, 23:04 1
        
        2227. those are 4 female YEI's. it's a good size, and the colors have not faded. probably 1940's. the estimate $3-4k is a fair price -- nm - peglegpete May 20, 23:16
French red faces over trains that are 'too wide' -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk May 20, 20:37 2
- Just as well they figured it out before they put the first train on the line. -- nm - Meg May 20, 20:42 1
  - Reminiscent of the early days of rail in Australia when the opposite sides of the country used different track guages...when they met in the - Meg May 20, 21:05
Thank you all for the birthday wishes. - Kim Pine May 20, 20:31 5
- loving all the Disney pics - you guys look like you're having a ball and you, Miss Lady, look so pretty! -- nm - Diva - KBS May 21, 06:18
- Happy Birthday, Kim! - IrishStephen May 20, 22:07
- Glad you had a great birthday :) that Facebook Minnie photo looks very fun -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 20:58
- great :) -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk May 20, 20:39
- may you have many many more -- nm - peglegpete May 20, 20:38
Ink Master spoils - Krusty May 20, 20:19 6
- agreed -- nm - peglegpete May 20, 20:25
- And I didn't hear that anyone got a new tattoo in Vegas.....is that right?? -- nm - Meg May 20, 20:22 4
  - Groiny mentioned wanting one but there weren't reports of anyone getting ink. -- nm - Krusty May 20, 20:23 3
    - Too little time I guess. We did see a shop in one of the casinos with a tattoo parlor in the back. -- nm - Meg May 20, 20:26 2
      - Groiny, me & a few others walked thru Mandalay Bays tattoo shop after the burger bar -- nm - peglegpete May 20, 22:12
      - Yeah, it's hard to waste the hours of your vacation getting a tattoo. -- nm - Krusty May 20, 20:36
ha! someone just offered me my purchase price from 8 years ago + 5% for my place in Vancouver. -- nm - mafic May 20, 20:16 1
- was it Rob Ford? Because they must have just smoked a fuckton of crack. -- nm - Beryllium May 20, 20:42
WTF, I go spend time with Amy and check in to see this!?! -- nm - Spawn Lord May 20, 20:11 1
- I blame your wife for this. - Remlik May 20, 20:13
oh, new receptionist. when talking about Spain: "well, it's closer to the equator [than Australia], so the sun goes down later. that's why they eat - mafic May 20, 20:10 3
- science, bitch -- nm - zeitgeist May 20, 21:17
- the sun never goes down in parts of greenland thats why they never swim there? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk May 20, 20:39
- Okay, that's the rare LOL here :) -- nm - Meg May 20, 20:18
If the kits are this clingy after a long weekend what will they be like after the cruise? :/ -- nm - Meg May 20, 20:09
Man, the Pacers F'd this up in the last five minutes - prayformojo May 20, 20:03
Game just got away from the Pacer in the last 6 minutes -- nm - Remlik May 20, 20:01
And here are the rest of my photos.... -- (link) - Meg May 20, 19:59 [flickr]
Mario Kart 8 is finally Wii U's magic bullet. Though quite honestly reading the comments on Kotaku from PS4 owners, many of them are unhappy with it. - Qale May 20, 19:53 3
- If you see a good deal on the WiiU can you post it? I'm sure that one from a few weeks ago expired right? -- nm - MDH May 20, 20:18 2
  - The Skylanders basic one is $199. The NSMBU+ Luigi U deluxe (that's 2 pack in games) is $250. Refurb deluxe with Nintendoland is $200. - Qale May 20, 20:40 1
    - If you get the Mario Kart 8 bundle, it'd be a deluxe at regular price which is $300. But the good news is registering the game would get you a 2nd one - Qale May 20, 20:43
Because no one actually ran in the Democratic primary for my State House seat, they aren't reporting. I don't know how many votes I got. -- nm - Dano May 20, 19:52 3
- I can't wait for the video where you tell reporters how much poontang you've got to eat back home. -- nm - Qale May 20, 19:58
- Demand a recount anyway! -- nm - prayformojo May 20, 19:54 1
  - I have not officially conceded yet. -- nm - Dano May 20, 19:58
Fargo - Jovian May 20, 19:51
hyde? Where are you!? I need you!!! -- nm - Spawn Lord May 20, 19:42
Naked man jumps through car sunroof and attacks driver. -- (link) - GregW May 20, 19:39 [youtube] 4
- After this weekend that doesn't seem quite that bizarre ;) -- nm - Meg May 20, 19:41
- Mel? -- nm - ..... May 20, 19:40 2
  - you know that he can't jump that high -- nm - peglegpete May 20, 20:02 1
    - Yeah, but he might have got the wrong car. -- nm - ..... May 20, 20:07
so the Sixers draft 3, 10, 32, 39, 47, 52, 54 - that's insane -- nm - decline May 20, 19:38 3
- They could make an entire team, just out of rookies...Probably win more games, than last year too -- nm - Flavorize May 20, 19:43 1
  - They actually have a couple young players worth keeping, too. - Spawn Lord May 20, 20:50
- But still not #1. - Spawn Lord May 20, 19:41
Had Terrence Malick and David Lynch somehow conceived an artistic love-child together, only to see it get kidnapped, strangled and repeatedly kicked.. - Dano May 20, 19:33
Iranians Arrested and Forced to Repent for Dancing to Pharrell Song -- (link) - Remlik May 20, 19:32 4
- That's going to backfire on the authorities. -- nm - Mop on Samsung Galaxy S3 May 20, 20:14
- ~/ I'm having a bad, bad day / If you take it personal, that's OK /~ - Despicable Ayatollah si May 20, 20:10
- The follow-up video is "Unhappy" -- nm - ..... May 20, 19:35
- NO HAPPY FOR YOU!!! -- nm - Spawn Lord May 20, 19:35
Always Facebook. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 20, 19:24 1
- Called It! -- nm - eag May 20, 19:26

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