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Frozen soundtrack is $3.99 on Amazon mp3 right now. -- (link) - Jaxón Jul 9, 17:01 1
- Dammit! I bought it. -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 9, 17:26
In May, 5 flights were stuck on the ground longer than federal law allows. All 5 were operated by..... -- (link) - ty97 Jul 9, 16:58
STTVPSA: Tonight's season premiere of The Bridge looks to run 15 minutes long. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 9, 16:55 3
- I have yet to ever see a single ad for that show. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 9, 16:56 2
  - I've seen tons. -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 9, 17:26
  - Do you watch much on FX or FXX? Without skipping ads? - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 9, 17:03
Lebron: Miami Herald reporting no decision made...confirmed..Will talk to fam first b4 deciding -- (link) - Budicio Jul 9, 16:52 2
- what i hope is to keep getting continual minute by minute updates on every rumor out there...nm - x Jul 9, 16:56
- Well, we already know where his wife wants to go. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 9, 16:54
Sweet. It looks like the documentary Los Angeles Plays Itself, about LA's portrayal in films, will finally get a DVD release -- (link) - con_carne Jul 9, 16:49
question: on a resume, I have to say "million" about a million times. how to abbrev? capital M, yes? -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jul 9, 16:43 11
- "I look like a M." "I look like an M."? -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 9, 16:47
- Mill for M or $M -- nm - Budicio Jul 9, 16:45 3
  - like $117M? I always worry that people may think "thousand." why do I think that? (thanks.) -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jul 9, 16:57 2
    - K is thousand. Why would someone mistake M for that? -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 9, 16:58 1
      - most euros would see it as mille (thousand) -- nm - mud Jul 9, 17:03
- the other option is mm. -- nm - Reagen Jul 9, 16:44 5
  - Ignore the metric lover. No one here uses mm -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 16:45 4
    - Yeah, I have decided if those other countries love metric so much they need to use metric clocks, as well. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 9, 16:47 3
      - (or, more properly, SI) - Reagen Jul 9, 16:53 1
        
        using "SI" is like swimsuit issue. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 9, 16:56
      - the second is metric. -- nm - Reagen Jul 9, 16:52
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- Noted homophobe Chris Broussard of ESPN claims that this report is false. -- nm - David Jul 9, 16:48 10
  - Dan Le Batard was quotes as saying, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 9, 16:50 9
    - I wonder what the worst record in NBA history is for a team that went to the Finals the previous season. - David Jul 9, 16:52 7
      - The Wizards went from the playoffs to 19-63. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 9, 17:00
      - The Bulls went like 13-37 in 1999. -- nm - Hunta Jul 9, 16:55 4
        
        So, that's a .260 winning percentage. There were two teams under .200 this year. - David Jul 9, 17:00 3
        
        They would have like 40mil in cap room. - Hunta Jul 9, 17:02
        
        Actually, Philly was .232. It just felt worse. -- nm - David Jul 9, 17:02 1
        
        That's the same winning percentage as the Wizards season mentioned above. - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 9, 17:10
      - DANNY GRANGER!!! -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 9, 16:55
    - Chris Berman doesn't really follow basketball, but was quoted as saying "back, back, back, back, back!" -- nm - Ender Jul 9, 16:51
- is melo to the lakers a done deal yet? -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Jul 9, 16:43 5
  - There is no done deal but he is expected to return to the Knicks. - David Jul 9, 16:44 4
    - or hells no...he joins the Lake show...you can take that to the banco -- nm - Budicio Jul 9, 16:45 3
      - Bet you are wrong. -- nm - Hunta Jul 9, 16:56
      - If he does, they will have to petition to play with two basketballs. -- nm - David Jul 9, 16:47
      - He going to Miami with Gasol. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 9, 16:46
- Sweet. Good for the Cavs. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 9, 16:41
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  - The T-Wolves are the biggest winners after Cleveland if this is true. -- nm - David Jul 9, 16:40 3
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      - Thatd be a sick move with Ray Allen and Mike Miller in tow. Deng could resign. -- nm - Budicio Jul 9, 16:42
      - And I'm confident that Waiters will be part of that deal since he doesn't get along with Kyrie. -- nm - David Jul 9, 16:42
- Damn, I wish I would have put down about $50K on this happening about 8 weeks ago - prayformojo Jul 9, 16:37
Colorado judge strikes down gay marriage ban. -- (link) - Jaxón Jul 9, 16:26 3
- Another goes down! -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 9, 16:34 2
  - Meanwhile, a judge issued a ruling. -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 16:35 1
    - I see what you did there. -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 9, 16:49
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- now, go check out CNN's lead story :(((( -- nm - peglegpete Jul 9, 16:07
- I've had that thought before -- nm - Reagen Jul 9, 16:07 3
  - I don`t get it -- nm - mud Jul 9, 16:22 2
    - spoils - Reagen Jul 9, 16:23 1
      - The other day at the office, I referred to the Boys From Brazil -- nm - Zorcàs Jul 9, 16:36
WC spoils - con_carne Jul 9, 15:49
wc spoils - Jaxón Jul 9, 15:45 5
- Imagine - Reagen Jul 9, 15:47 4
  - Ah. - Jaxón Jul 9, 15:49 3
    - well - Dándukini Jul 9, 16:13
    - Like, with generational significance and everything -- nm - con_carne Jul 9, 15:57
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WC spoils... - Budicio Jul 9, 15:41 6
- or that -- nm - Jaxón Jul 9, 15:41 5
  - whoa (spoils) - Jaxón Jul 9, 15:42 4
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      - yes -- nm - Dándukini Jul 9, 16:13
      - There's no way they don't - Reagen Jul 9, 15:46 1
        
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WC spoils - Jaxón Jul 9, 15:31 2
- WC spoils... - Budicio Jul 9, 15:33 1
  - spoils -- (link) - Jaxón Jul 9, 15:34 [Backboard]
(that looked like it hurt.) -- nm - Jaxón Jul 9, 15:19 3
- WC spoils... - Budicio Jul 9, 15:21 2
  - That seems like an odd rule. - Jaxón Jul 9, 15:22 1
    - Yup. It's party of the strategy of substitutions. Like instant replay calls in other sports, you use them sparingly. -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 9, 15:26
Tanaka has right elbow inflammation..15day DL....But we all know.. - Budicio Jul 9, 15:17 1
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potato salad update: $72,000. - Tim Jul 9, 15:16 1
- The latter. DEFINITELY the latter... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 9, 15:16
NCAA president Mark Emmert advocates for "scholarships for life". -- (link) - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 9, 15:11
EW has a Chris Pratt photo gallery of him hamming it up whilst in his GOTG costume. -- (link) - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 9, 15:04 1
- Which, of course, is just an excuse to post this. -- (link) - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 9, 15:05 [Image]
WC spoils... - Budicio Jul 9, 14:59
Although if there was a movie that combined all the cliches from B2, part of me would think that was awesome -- nm - con_carne Jul 9, 14:57 2
- One cliche I have an issue with (well, with it being described as a bad cliche :) ) ... - Beryllium Jul 9, 14:59 1
  - And the german one. Is it really a cliche if it's the truth? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 9, 15:37
Ugh. I've previously calculated that I can only put about 900 songs on my iPhone. - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 9, 14:56 14
- "Siri, delete KELLY CLARKSON." -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 9, 16:49
- That is why there is an random fill option -- nm - Karl_S Jul 9, 15:58
- Why not just stream it? What do you need that many songs for when you're not near wifi? -- nm - Jaxón Jul 9, 15:05 1
  - Because it's a decommissioned iPhone with no data plan. I just want to plug it into my car. -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 9, 15:06
- This is why I put no songs on my iPhone, and instead have a 160GB iPod -- nm - Roger More Jul 9, 15:04 4
  - Yeah. I was just trying to use an old iPhone I had sitting around. -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 9, 15:07
  - this. though and I have multiple playlists on it. -- nm - Remlik Jul 9, 15:06 2
    - This still compelled me to weed out my music collection. 6,000 songs down to 2,600 and I'm not done. - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 9, 15:08 1
      - I should send you my itunes library -- nm - Remlik Jul 9, 15:36
- use smart playlists to make Monday/Tuesday/etc lists, then it keep each one to 900 but have a rotation -- nm - Beryllium Jul 9, 14:57 4
  - Wouldn't I have to transfer MP3s to my device daily? -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 9, 14:59 3
    - Yes, you'd also have to manually select the playlist each day. Could divide it up by mood ... - Beryllium Jul 9, 15:00 2
      - no one got the movie reference in the IM? bah. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 9, 15:42 1
        
        Autobiographical arrangement -- nm - Roger More Jul 9, 16:00
Beltran scratched from Yanked lineup...ball to face during warmups -- nm - Budicio Jul 9, 14:56 2
- In other news, Jeter out of lineup as well. Face to balls during warmups. -- nm - pmb Jul 9, 14:59
- *swoon* -- nm - Mike Piazza Jul 9, 14:58
Wir haben diese. -- nm - Germany Jul 9, 14:50
whoa -- nm - Jaxón Jul 9, 14:49 3
- spoils - con_carne Jul 9, 14:50 2
  - heh. #TimHowardTouchedThisToe -- nm - Jaxón Jul 9, 14:51 1
    - (another great stop) -- nm - Jaxón Jul 9, 15:06
So I am watching Jessie on Disney...and the tough cop lady on Brooklyn 99 is the Latina love interest playing a flighty dancer. - Hunta Jul 9, 14:47 1
- Yeah, that show is weird. I saw Michele Obama on it the other day playing some big shot. -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 9, 14:51
WC spoilers (I love the NYT blog) - Jásdeando Jul 9, 14:33 2
- From what I've seen, futbol players heal very rapidly, so he should be fine. -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 9, 15:09
- spoils... - Budicio Jul 9, 14:37
Apparently there's a dispute in Ireland involving Garth Brooks. - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 9, 14:30
WC spoils...update - Budicio Jul 9, 14:23
I got a job offer today... not sure what to do. I also have an interview tomorrow. - colin Jul 9, 14:22 9
- Was "AC" a typo or do you actually mean AC? -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 9, 14:32
- why not, that kind of job doesn't require they marry you as much as most office jobs, if things don't work out they don't consult as much -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 9, 14:26 1
  - well this would be full time.. i guess if it doesn't work out, i can just try consulting :() -- nm - colin Jul 9, 14:27
- more details, if you want to weigh in.. - colin Jul 9, 14:25 2
  - Well, do what you can to get the full-time status stuff cemented in a contract. Wouldn't want to get screwed on that. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 9, 14:26 1
    - nope. i told them to put it in writing and i'm good. -- nm - colin Jul 9, 14:27
- Ugh - I grew up there. You may like it - its nothing like Houston though - nothing. - Pippe Jul 9, 14:25 2
  - well, would just be for projects.. buy it'd probably be a significant amount of time there. -- nm - colin Jul 9, 14:26 1
    - to be fair, I think people like it more than I do. It has good places. I can tell you all the good places to eat - Pippe Jul 9, 14:31
Is anybody watching Murder in the First? - David Jul 9, 14:17 13
- Watching it now on TNT's website. -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 9, 16:09 1
  - Hey, Steven Weber flying the plane! Fortunately, he's got experience. -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 9, 16:32
- Is it a remake of the tv show? I liked the original show. -- nm - Krustuardo Jul 9, 14:29 3
  - It's not but both are Steven Bochco shows. - David Jul 9, 14:34 2
    - Whoa, great cast. -- nm - Mop (210 lbs) Jul 9, 14:53
    - I think you've given me a new show to watch. Thanks! -- nm - Krustuardo Jul 9, 14:39
- I'm not - is anyone watching Finding Carter on MTV - premise looked interesting - Pippe Jul 9, 14:24 6
  - has that started? -- nm - peggy ann m Jul 9, 14:25 5
    - last night at 9 - I should have set a timer - will it repeat? -- nm - Pippe Jul 9, 14:25 4
      - either one of you watch Teen Wolf? -- nm - Remlik Jul 9, 14:46 1
        
        I don't but I think I would like it from what little I know of it. its got a rabid fan base - Pippe Jul 9, 14:52
      - MTV never replays stuff. -- nm - Hunta Jul 9, 14:45 1
        
        stop it you cad - loved your posts about the lady not getting paid due to her expired license - Pippe Jul 9, 14:52
If the Cavs can get something for Bennett, maybe the Wiz can get something for Otto Porter Jr. - Hunta Jul 9, 14:14 2
- Darko played for 10 years. It's a strange league. -- nm - David Jul 9, 14:18 1
  - Size matters. Otto loses on that. God, Ernie Grunfield sucks. - Hunta Jul 9, 14:23
WC spoils question - Jaxón Jul 9, 14:13 2
- WC spoils answer - Budicio Jul 9, 14:14 1
  - Right, and - Jaxón Jul 9, 14:20
Winnipeg: $100 fine for singing on a bus -- (link) - Beaker Jul 9, 14:11
NBA: 14-15 Salary Cap is $63M .... Tax is $79M..just announced -- nm - Budicio Jul 9, 14:07
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- Fuck! We're done. -- nm - Krustuardo Jul 9, 14:30
Strike it up -- nm - ty97 Jul 9, 14:06 1
- 'bout to get Litt up. -- nm - Max Jul 9, 14:07

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