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Ruh roh....Orioles are the leading team to get Jeff Smaraajasdfjasdraza - Will Hunting May 28, 09:57
I'm confused by the Sterling news. So is he fighting to the bitter end AND selling the team? Was the previous report incorrect? -- nm - volnelk May 28, 09:48 1
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Fun Sporcle game semi-related to earlier poll. In one try, how many of the top 50 cities by pop. can you click before you miss? I got 25. -- (link) - volnelk May 28, 09:33
Whew! That took a lot, but I now have more invested than I have in cash. Oh yeah, and I'm down $6.6mil in commissions. -- nm - Jim May 28, 09:32 3
- I started down a couple million today and have already gotten it all back. Things are moving up big. -- nm - volnelk May 28, 09:35
- Are Sats still commish free? -- nm - Spawn Lord May 28, 09:33 1
  - No comm free ever -- nm - ty97 May 28, 09:48
STIS&F: What other names does general tso's chicken go by on chinese menus? - oblique May 28, 09:29 7
- PF Changs goes with "Chang's Spicy Chicken" because... corporate branding... -- nm - Ender May 28, 09:45
- I've seen General Tsao. And heard people ask for it by calling it 'The So-So General'. -- nm - Diva Crowe May 28, 09:38
- I've been to countless Chinese restaurants and the only place I ever hear of this dish is on ST -- nm - con_carne May 28, 09:35
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- You get the occasional Chow vs Tso... -- nm - Ender May 28, 09:33 1
  - One of the places around here is just Cho instead of Tso. -- nm - Jim May 28, 09:33
- since it's an american made dish it can be called pretty much anything they want. -- nm - decline May 28, 09:32
the fault in our stars derivatives are at $35. if it opens at 60, i wonder if it would be the biggest derivative adjust ever. - the mystifying virtuoso May 28, 09:27 11
- This past weekend I met a 3rd or 4th grade girl and this movie was all she wanted to talk about. I had no idea what it was. -- nm - Max May 28, 10:00
- PASON had to be a major derivative cash out, right? -- nm - ty97 May 28, 09:28 2
  - I don't know that derivatives were a thing then - con_carne May 28, 09:47 1
    - Derivatives have been around as long as I have been (April 2000) -- nm - ty97 May 28, 09:49
- Has it been issued yet? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 28, 09:28 6
  - Derivatives for next week's openers came out today. -- nm - ty97 May 28, 09:29 5
    - TFIOS is the main reason I came back to the game. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 28, 09:30 4
      - To short it? -- nm - Spawn Lord May 28, 09:30 3
        
        You'll be eating those words. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 28, 09:33 2
        
        I have no doubt that you and women will go see it. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 28, 09:34 1
        
        This may very well be an issue of me not seeing the forest for the trees. When I'm inside a situation, it's hard to see it from the outside. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 28, 09:42
I thought this was a pretty good article about nerds, misogyny and entitlement. Then I saw who wrote it... and it blew my mind! -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) May 28, 09:24 1
- Good article. -- nm - volnelk May 28, 09:44
So Groiny what did you son win awards for? -- nm - Remlik May 28, 09:21 1
- one for for "citizenship", which just means that he is super polite and helpful to teacher and students. - groiny May 28, 09:29
I have a friend... acquaintance, really... on Facebook who's a tad feminist. She's been a raging pleasure lately. Raging. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 28, 09:17 2
- Raging pleasure, like make-up sex? -- nm - Spawn Lord May 28, 09:19 1
  - No, like "my way or the highway" and "your opinion is not valid". -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 28, 09:19
Of all the movies on HSX BASIC2 is still the most funny - eag May 28, 09:17 2
- well, you know, we have to have *some* surefire way to make some money over there . . . -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! May 28, 09:58
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Wherein I learn that Maya Angelou was still alive. Was. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 28, 09:16 5
- *blink* - Spawn Lord May 28, 09:16 4
  - Imagine my surprise when Ursula Le Guin spoke on our campus last month. I was sure she was dead. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 28, 09:19
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    - Do you *see* me? No, *here*! -- nm - Spawn Lord May 28, 09:18 1
      - Not there! There! -- nm - Phil Ken Sebben May 28, 09:23
A whopping 68% of my hsx port is cash -- nm - eag May 28, 09:07 27
- Just bought Star Wars 7...in honor of David. -- nm - Jim May 28, 09:22 3
  - Thanks, babe! (You shorted it, right?) -- nm - David May 28, 09:44 2
    - Hell no...bought 100,000 shares! -- nm - Jim May 28, 09:59 1
      - I just tucked it into my bag of tricks! :) -- nm - Jim May 28, 09:59
- I'm just under 20% cash and can't seem to get any lower. -- nm - spamlet May 28, 09:21
- 43% cahs -- nm - the mystifying virtuoso May 28, 09:20
- about 1/3 invested. 2/3 cash. - Andie May 28, 09:15
- 2.6 out or 4.6 (56.5%) -- nm - ty97 May 28, 09:12
- I got mine down to 600M (30%) this morning -- nm - volnelk May 28, 09:11
- 4%. -- nm - Will Hunting May 28, 09:11
- 92% for me -- nm - Beryllium May 28, 09:11
- I had about 2.1B in cash, got that down to 800M this morning. -- nm - Ender May 28, 09:10
- Of my 2.3B, I have 1.9B cash. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 28, 09:08 14
  - I have $1.384B and $1.327B in cash. I need to buy shit...but don't really know what to but, I'm so out of touch -- nm - Jim May 28, 09:10 13
    - I basically buy everything on the release schedule. - ty97 May 28, 09:13
    - Thats why I went to the release calendar and just started click on films that were $20+ -- nm - volnelk May 28, 09:12 11
      - Yeah, I started out by pretty much buying anything with a release date and a double digit price. -- nm - Ender May 28, 09:13 10
        
        I longed everything that was under like 20 cents. because why the hell not? -- nm - the mystifying virtuoso May 28, 09:14 9
        
        I keep meaning to do that. -- nm - spamlet May 28, 09:24
        
        Good lord...how long did that take you? I would kill for a "Select All" button. -- nm - Jim May 28, 09:22 1
        
        meetings at work. I just sort and click and click and click and click and click -- nm - the mystifying virtuoso May 28, 09:43
        
        I did this for everything under 4 cents before I got bored. heehh -- nm - Beryllium May 28, 09:15
        
        i have been doing that too, as i find them. -- nm - Andie May 28, 09:15 1
        
        You can do a search on moviestocks by price range - ty97 May 28, 09:16
        
        If I ever get the time, I just sorta want to long everything. -- nm - ty97 May 28, 09:15 2
        
        i wish there was a button for that "MAX EVERYTHING" -- nm - Andie May 28, 09:23 1
        
        max all the things! -- nm - Beryllium May 28, 09:24
Heh, I just looked up directions in australia on google maps ... and it recommended a flight instead of a 12-hour drive. -- nm - Beryllium May 28, 09:04 3
- There be monsters. -- nm - spamlet May 28, 09:07 2
  - But it will also suggest flights for US drives (ie STL to DC). -- nm - spamlet May 28, 09:07 1
    - It was the first time I'd seen it do that. heh. -- nm - Beryllium May 28, 09:10
Ilulissat Water Taxi - commercial - The White House Call -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk May 28, 09:02 [youtube]
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PRX is the new home for This American Life -- (link) - droidlet May 28, 08:53
Critics' Choice TV Award nominees announced - 2 for Walter Goggins! -- (link) - LMS May 28, 08:52 5
- Fargo love! -- nm - Spawn Lord May 28, 09:15 2
  - Fargo is spectacular. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 28, 09:37 1
    - it really is better than even I could have hoped. I laugh like a mental patient at times. -- nm - Mel Profit May 28, 09:57
- nice! -- nm - groiny May 28, 08:54
- dammit! -- nm - prayformojo May 28, 08:52
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- I don't think that happens until like July. -- nm - Reagen May 28, 08:45
- I haven't even googled for a second, but would the schedule even be made/published this are in advance? -- nm - ty97 May 28, 08:44 4
  - he's looking for last year's schedule. -- nm - Diva May 28, 08:53
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    - I figured you just typo'ed -- nm - ty97 May 28, 08:53
The reason the Cubs make any money is because people are willing to pay a lot of money for a great old park in a great city and watch a bad team - ty97 May 28, 08:42 37
- They got penny-wise-but-pound-foolish with the rooftop owners... -- nm - Ender May 28, 09:12 2
  - It's such a cool and unique experience. I really wish they could just work it out. -- nm - volnelk May 28, 09:13 1
    - It'd be nice, but they need to be able to do what they need to with that stadium, and they gave that up for 17% of diddly. -- nm - Ender May 28, 09:15
- Shame they only have an old park then... -- nm - Ender May 28, 08:48 1
  - this -- nm - Diva May 28, 08:53
- I haven't been to a lot of major league parks...but I can tell you, Wrigley is by far the biggest shithole of a sports stadium I've ever been in. -- nm - Jim May 28, 08:46 8
  - I will never step foot in that park again, if I go to a game there, it is rooftop all the way. nm -- nm - groiny May 28, 08:47 7
    - Word. I mean, I guess it's cool to say I saw a game at Wrigley...but it just really sucked. I was shocked by how horrible it was. -- nm - Jim May 28, 08:48 6
      - I never have felt more like cattle than when I was trying to leave there after a game. nm -- nm - groiny May 28, 08:49 5
        
        Most definitely. By way of comparison...the Bears game I saw at Soldier Field (pre-expansion) was amazing...ever for an old stadium. - Jim May 28, 08:51 4
        
        god forbid they ever have to evacuate Wrigley Field during a game. - groiny May 28, 08:52 3
        
        They'd be best to usher them all onto the field. It's WAY easier to get on the field than out the front door. -- nm - Jim May 28, 08:58
        
        that would be a nightmare. They should follow the model at Fenway which is old as hell to, but it's been refurbished, looks great... - Diva May 28, 08:57 1
        
        honestly - it's not until the Cask-n-Flagon that things slow down. But by then you're out of Fenway. - Mel Profit May 28, 09:18
- Then again, they never win at Wrigley so maybe a change of scenery is for the best. -- nm - David May 28, 08:45 11
  - previous ownership believed this, new ownership is looking to improve. nm -- nm - groiny May 28, 08:46 10
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      - right, as I said on B2, they are not far off. But they need to lure free agents here. - groiny May 28, 08:48 8
        
        stadium ain't gonna make a difference in that equation though -- nm - ty97 May 28, 08:55 7
        
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        disagreed -- nm - Spawn Lord May 28, 08:56
        
        you don't think the players want a nice state of the art locker room and facilities? -- nm - groiny May 28, 08:56 4
        
        It wasn't until they redid the batting cages under Fenway that the Red Sox started getting considered by Free Agents... - Mel Profit May 28, 09:05
        
        Wrigley is known for having the worst locker rooms in sports. nm -- nm - groiny May 28, 08:58
        
        If it's Cubs vs Cardinals, sure. If it's Yankees? You lose. -- nm - ty97 May 28, 08:57 1
        
        *confused gaze* -- nm - groiny May 28, 08:58
- And it's an *insanely* easy park to get to. -- nm - ty97 May 28, 08:43 10
  - *if you aren't driving. - spamlet May 28, 08:45 8
    - I hate the notion of trying to drive to sports. Parking is exorbitant and getting out of the area is nightmarish. - Reagen May 28, 09:05 3
      - time is a factor for me. My time is worth the amount to pay to park in most cases. nm -- nm - groiny May 28, 09:11 2
        
        Yeah, longer exit time but faster arrival time. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 28, 09:13 1
        
        well, for White Sox games, it is easy in and easy out. - groiny May 28, 09:17
    - There is a park and ride not far off the high way. Bus drops off in front of the stadium. - ty97 May 28, 08:54 2
      - See, I consider that anything *but* easy to get to. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 28, 08:55 1
        
        yup, I live here and know nothing about that. - groiny May 28, 08:57
    - and if you do not mind being stuffed like a sardine on the red line. nm -- nm - groiny May 28, 08:47
  - if you live in the area it is easy to get to, for me to get to a game, it is a nightmare. nm -- nm - groiny May 28, 08:45
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- So is today Patton Day or something? -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) May 28, 09:15 1
  - Every day is Patton Oswalt Day -- nm - con_carne May 28, 09:26
- "we're not not holding anything. Let the Huns do that. We're constantly advancing." -- nm - Mel Profit May 28, 08:26 16
  - "Nuts!" -- nm - con_carne May 28, 09:22
  - "No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." NM - howie May 28, 08:48
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  - "They're ivory. Only a pimp from a cheap New Orleans whorehouse would carry a pearl-handled pistol." -- nm - Name Withheld By Request May 28, 08:32 12
    - Perhaps I should watch this movie. -- nm - Beryllium May 28, 08:38 10
      - it's really good. -- nm - Diva May 28, 09:00
      - I won't abide movie cowards in my Slackertalk. -- nm - Reagen May 28, 08:44
      - Dude. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 28, 08:44 1
        
        (it is the onlyhistoric war type movies that I love). -- nm - Spawn Lord May 28, 08:44
      - *slap* -- nm - Mel Profit May 28, 08:40 5
        
        this could also be a "line" from the movie. -- nm - Diva May 28, 09:02 3
        
        *finger to nose* - Mel Profit May 28, 09:04 2
        
        Patton was always comin' around...slappin' everybody... -- nm - Diva Crowe May 28, 09:07 1
        
        "Oh Jesus...I swear I'll go straight. Just let me do this one thing and then..." -- nm - Mel Profit May 28, 09:20
        
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    - "Gentleman...as of this moment any man without leggings, without a helmet, with a soiled uniform is going to be skinned." -- nm - Mel Profit May 28, 08:37

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