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guys, I freaking love masterchef! why do we not talk about it? -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jun 23, 18:25 1
- Stephen talks about it a lot -- nm - amoxy Jun 23, 18:28
TNA: the six sided ring returns for the NYC shows starting this week -- nm - Remlicas Jun 23, 18:13 2
- Reportedly, the wrestlers *hate* it. Has much less give than a standard ring. -- nm - Tim Jun 23, 18:14 1
  - yeah I read that as well. will be interesting to see reaction to do it. -- nm - Remlicas Jun 23, 18:17
24: Life Another Day observation. There's a super secret team in the basement who's job it is to torture people and extract information. - Mop (205 lbs) Jun 23, 18:06 2
- Related: I wonder why Stephen Fry took that gig -- nm - Roger More Jun 23, 18:25
- spoils? - peglegpete Jun 23, 18:16
Grey Worm from GoT is a singer .. with videos -- (link) - Budicio Jun 23, 18:06
ST PSA: John Green is on Colbert tonight. -- nm - TWuG Jun 23, 17:50 1
- Thanks! I'll watch this. Odd that he's doing this so late after the premiere of the movie. The publicity tour is over. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Jun 23, 18:08
V: Generic, inept and occasionally offensive, ABC’s "Rising Star" is the definition of trainwreck television. -- (link) - GregW Jun 23, 17:46 1
- OMG. Now I have to watch this. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Jun 23, 18:08
Miami Dolphins: Moreno and Pouncey have surgery -- nm - Beaker Jun 23, 17:33
Article discussing "rape culture" from survivors' perspective amongst others. - ..... Jun 23, 17:33 1
- forgot the link... -- (link) - ..... Jun 23, 17:33
New gorgeous tv, check. One lego movie bluray, check. One working stereo, umm, dammit - Truman Jun 23, 17:29 3
- physical media. how cute. retro. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jun 23, 18:23 1
  - Trumps what I got ... so ... envy from me Tru! -- nm - JenBro Jun 23, 18:26
- Check - ..... Jun 23, 17:54
Orphan Black spoiler - ..... Jun 23, 17:28
The photo accompanying this drug bust story seems odd at first glance, but given that meth was involved, it kinda works -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 23, 17:16
No one celebrates like Miguel Herrera -- (link) - con_carne Jun 23, 17:15
Rhona Mitra is....just not a good actress -- nm - prayformojo Jun 23, 17:13 2
- doesn't matter. she's smokin' hot -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jun 23, 20:47
- I've only seen her in "The Number 23" - amoxy Jun 23, 17:21
Tim Duncan has decided to continue his career for an 18th season with the San Antonio Spurs and has exercised his $10.3 million player option -- nm - Beaker Jun 23, 17:08 5
- How many rings does he have? - Spawnaldo Jun 23, 17:38 2
  - "it's the only argument I need, Shawn!!!" -- nm - Reagen Jun 23, 17:41 1
    - *vaguely remembers the last time The Great One hoisted Lord Stanley's Cup*... - Budicio Jun 23, 18:08
- so that makes 20 million now? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 17:11 1
  - .6! -- nm - Spawnaldo Jun 23, 17:12
Your feel good story of the day: Pregnant woman gives birth while having open heart surgery - amoxy Jun 23, 16:47 3
- Pretty sure that doesn't feel good -- nm - con_carne Jun 23, 16:55 2
  - One hospital stay vs two! -- nm - Spawnaldo Jun 23, 16:58 1
    - feel the savings! -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 17:00
LIR - Andie - I hope you got that rug - it's really cool! -- nm - JenBro Jun 23, 16:41
LIR - Andie - for desk snacks - my brother had these 1.5 ounce Cheezit crackers - probably from Sams or Costco? - they are the perfect size! - JenBro Jun 23, 16:41 2
- crikey - make this post LIR AMANDA -- nm - JenBro Jun 23, 16:41 1
  - For healthyish - Lara Bars, or Mojo Bars. -- nm - ..... Jun 23, 17:55
Underrated movie: Copland -- nm - Jovian Jun 23, 16:35 7
- underrated tv show: southland. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jun 23, 17:16 6
  - overrated TV Show: Homeland -- nm - Dándukini Jun 23, 17:54 5
    - Distressingly boring game: Candyland. nm - ralph wiggum Jun 23, 17:56 4
      - Usually confused with Iceland: Greenland -- nm - prayformojo Jun 23, 18:06 2
        
        Pretty good Stephen King book: Joyland. nm - ralph wiggum Jun 23, 18:15 1
        
        best state of mind ever: mary land. -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jun 23, 18:23
      - It's much more interesting if you have a little sister who will kick you if she loses. - ..... Jun 23, 17:57
True Blood poll (spoils) - CovingtonCat Jun 23, 16:26 1
- spoils - Jovian Jun 23, 16:34
Hmm, Paramount needs a tax dude. Wonder if my wife would move to LA.... -- nm - droidlet Jun 23, 16:21 1
- truman! -- nm - Spawnaldo Jun 23, 17:00
Daytime Emmys red carpet hosts deemed 'appalling' for rape joke -- (link) - Todd Manning Jun 23, 16:08 2
- what a couple of idiots. -- nm - Remlicas Jun 23, 16:17
- ... that's not even funny. And believe me, I know funny. -- nm - I Really Don't si Jun 23, 16:15
That's not a treehouse. This is a treehouse. -- (link) - mara Jun 23, 16:00 5
- It's not a treehouse. It's a spacestation. -- nm - Budicio Jun 23, 16:02 4
  - It's not a space station. It's a small moon. -- nm - Spawnaldo Jun 23, 16:03 3
    - I've got a bad feeling about this -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 23, 16:05 2
      - Ow! My foot! -- nm - Han Solo Jun 23, 17:23 1
        
        I suspect he read the script then broke his own leg, Victory-style. -- nm - David Jun 23, 17:28
In case you want the same cell phone that billionaires use -- (link) - Zorcàs Jun 23, 15:54 6
- Is the reviewer rich as well? Or really poor? - Spawnaldo Jun 23, 16:08 2
  - I thinks some kia/scion/hundai? or used -- nm - zuitgusto Jun 23, 16:36 1
    - Yeah, but "Most peopel's" was his term which means he think most cars are that price. -- nm - Spawnaldo Jun 23, 16:46
- billionaires don't have cell phones. they have assistants with cell phones. -- nm - peglegpete Jun 23, 16:00 2
  - pretty sure Bill Gates uses one -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 23, 16:03 1
    - It's probably a windows phone ... - Beryllium Jun 23, 16:08
Kristen Bell is pregnant again -- (link) - peglegpete Jun 23, 15:45 1
- my bad -- nm - Budicio Jun 23, 15:46
thank you amoxy! :) - Andie Jun 23, 15:31 1
- You are welcome -- nm - amoxy Jun 23, 16:16
I do sometimes wish the California coast wasn't so far from everywhere...... - Meg Jun 23, 15:01 7
- Fortunately, it happens to be very close to the ocean. - Zorcàs Jun 23, 16:09
- wait 20 years. with the melting ice caps, there will be less coast everywhere :( -- nm - peglegpete Jun 23, 15:16 5
  - So that would put me, what, 10 miles closer to everything? -- nm - Meg Jun 23, 15:24 4
    - no. you live inland and distances are the same. just less coast -- nm - peglegpete Jun 23, 15:50
    - I considered coming home through Vegas but that damned canyon is in the way. -- nm - Meg Jun 23, 15:33 2
      - we are planning on filling most of it in during the next few years to build a casino -- nm - the Hualapai Jun 23, 15:43
      - stupid natural wonders. -- nm - Andie Jun 23, 15:34
looks like that Rambo vs. the Mexican Cartel movie may be back on -- (link) - Remlicas Jun 23, 14:48 9
- cool. loved the 4th one -- nm - Beaker Jun 23, 17:01
- I might watch that, but maybe they should consider a more dangerous cartel to go up against. - Beryllium Jun 23, 14:52 7
  - Rambo in space taking on Chinese astronauts. I'd go see that. -- nm - Loyoliano Jun 23, 15:04
  - beauty pagent mothers? -- nm - peglegpete Jun 23, 14:59 5
    - Yeah! Now we're talking. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 15:01 4
      - no . . . i'm thinking Honey Boo-Boo -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jun 23, 15:01 3
        
        as the sidekick, or first victim? -- nm - peglegpete Jun 23, 15:19 2
        
        Rambo doesn't take victims. - Beryllium Jun 23, 15:30 1
        
        Rambo doesn't take victims, he makes them. -- nm - Spawnaldo Jun 23, 17:58
Grr. The CBC World Cup app has this *idiotic* feature - Reagen Jun 23, 14:43
WC spoils - Reagen Jun 23, 14:41 4
- or not. -- nm - Reagen Jun 23, 14:43 2
  - definitely not now. -- nm - Reagen Jun 23, 14:45 1
    - nahhh -- nm - Dándukini Jun 23, 14:46
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What's happening? -- nm - Volnelk Jun 23, 14:40 1
- spoils - con_carne Jun 23, 14:44
Someone came as Frida Kahlo? -- nm - Reagen Jun 23, 14:33
HHof class: Forsberg, Hasek, Blake, Modano, Pat Burns, Bill McCreary. -- nm - Reagen Jun 23, 14:30
This match is getting seriously chippy. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 23, 14:24 2
- Hulk was absolutely useless. -- nm - Loyoliano Jun 23, 14:30 1
  - HULK USELESS! -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Jun 23, 18:10
international football coach is not a turn of events I would have expected for Joseph Gordon-Levitt. -- nm - Reagen Jun 23, 14:22
Mexico could qualify from their group with just scoring once in three matches. -- nm - Loyoliano Jun 23, 14:19
The Way, Way Back: (C+) nm - Dignan Jun 23, 14:19 17
- I was in my top 5 last year. It touched me -- nm - amoxy Jun 23, 16:24
- it's not an original story but well done anyway. (no spoilers) - Mel Premio Jun 23, 14:26 14
  - And you cared about any of them? - Jaxón Jun 23, 15:01 1
    - I found the boy character realistic. Admittedly, there were a few things in there I identified with so I was an easy mark. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 23, 16:17
  - I wanted to like it so much. (mild spoils) - Dignan Jun 23, 14:35 6
    - I won't fight you on that as I think you're right, especially Sam Rockwell. But I thought he was overlooked even still. - Mel Profit Jun 23, 16:12
    - Another thing I found really weird (spoil) - Dignan Jun 23, 14:40 4
      - I have to think they didn't want to have to clothe people in period clothing and could save money...not to mention using the music from that time -- nm - Remlicas Jun 23, 14:43 3
        
        Mid nineties then? (mild spoil) - Dignan Jun 23, 14:48 2
        
        yeah I can see that. -- nm - Remlicas Jun 23, 14:59 1
        
        ditto, it was odd. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 23, 16:13
  - "hold. hold...ok now...nope...hold. hold. ok go. no hold." -- nm - Remlicas Jun 23, 14:30 4
    - Dude! (mild spoil) - Dignan Jun 23, 14:37 3
      - no it wasn't.... - Remlicas Jun 23, 14:39 2
        
        mild spoil - Dignan Jun 23, 14:42 1
        
        ah..... - Remlicas Jun 23, 14:46
- Edge of Tomorrow, B- -- nm - Loyoliano Jun 23, 14:20
my WC name... -- nm - Mel Premio Jun 23, 14:11 2
- I had you down as Melpro but that works too -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 23, 15:53
- Ha! L4! -- nm - Diva Jun 23, 15:22
Spawn, it'll be Thursday afternoon vs Sunday evening, so inevitably harder to get as big an audience - Reagen Jun 23, 14:08 6
- Though looking at World Cup ratings for soccer is like looking a Olympic ratings for gymnastics/figure skating/track/swimming/etc. -- nm - Dano Jun 23, 14:12 5
  - except that this is without repackaging the events into primetime slots. -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 23, 15:56
  - Yes,but no one ever says "when will the US finaly catch on to figure skating?" - Reagen Jun 23, 14:14 3
    - yep. the key is the growth, too. at the end of last week espn's ratings were up like 116% over 8 years ago.... - x Jun 23, 15:25 2
      - WHich means it was the perfect time to lose the rights to Fox. - Spawnaldo Jun 23, 15:28 1
        
        ha. yeah, i'm not sure how they let that happen.fox's coverage of footie has always been ok though, so i think they won't botch the job....nm - x Jun 23, 15:33
7.1 earthquake in Alaska, eh? Interesting. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 14:04 6
- Did you feel it? -- nm - OAE -- You Know Who Jun 23, 14:39 5
  - No, but the seismographs nearest me did -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 14:45 3
    - tsunami warning issued for coastal Alaska -- are you nr the water? - OAE -- You Know Who Jun 23, 15:05 2
      - Not sure of elevation, probably around the same height. Closer to water on two sides than you, though. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 15:07 1
        
        This photo I posted - it's a salt-water inlet that goes near my house. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 23, 15:07 [flickr]
  - Nor did I -- here's why. -- (link) - OAE -- You Know Who Jun 23, 14:40
Hmm. Local police reporting that someone has strung up fishing line across a bike route. Again. Lovely. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 23, 14:03 1
- *spoilers from a movie no one really watched* - Pippé Jun 23, 14:10
20 Incredible Long Takes -- (link) - con_carne Jun 23, 13:53 5
- That's Russian Ark now tempts me on the technical side, but oof, that subject matter sounds dull. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 23, 14:09 1
  - I actually liked it, but it is to an extent a video tour of The Hermitage. -- nm - Dano Jun 23, 14:13
- I love these kinds of shots. Nice -- nm - Jaxón Jun 23, 14:08
- I'd forgotten about The Secret in their Eyes. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 23, 13:57 1
  - Yeah. I specifically remember replaying that scene a few times - con_carne Jun 23, 14:01
USA/POR 18.22M (ESPN + Univision), now most watched US soccer match -- (link) - con_carne Jun 23, 13:49 2
- the way i saw it reported, 18.22 million was the espn number + 6.5 million for univision for a combined number of 24.7 million.... - x Jun 23, 14:51
- Again! -- nm - con_carne Jun 23, 13:50
fedex just delivered a Blind Man's Wife Navajo rug I bought last week -- nm - peglegpete Jun 23, 13:46 2
- Pix? Got Pix? -- nm - OAE -- You Know Who Jun 23, 15:06 1
  - link to the auction. the colors are a lot more vibrant than they showed, and no problems -- (link) - peglegpete Jun 23, 15:15

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