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HiddenCash hid $50 Pez dispensers in the sand near Downtown Huntington Beach -- (link) - Budicio Jul 11, 10:47
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So those ESPN links yesterday weren't a joke? :) -- nm - oblique Jul 11, 10:43
Does anyone know Kickstarter well enough to answer a few questions? - TWuG Jul 11, 10:42 3
- I think there are rules against using it for charity donations. (I think this game up in the Potato Salad one.) -- nm - Ender Jul 11, 10:44 2
  - If Kickstarter won't take it though, there are other outlets like fundanything or indiegogo that might work too. -- nm - Ender Jul 11, 10:46 1
    - Thanks. -- nm - TWuG Jul 11, 10:47
Marc Stein on Love. -- (link) - David Jul 11, 10:39 4
- For a shot at the title, easy decision. Make that deal. - Hunta Jul 11, 10:42
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  - They made a good point that Bennett and Wiggins are both Canadian so Minnesota would feel like home. - David Jul 11, 10:41 1
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speaking of sloths, the one at the Toronto Zoo predicts that Germany will win the World Cup. -- (link) - Andie Jul 11, 10:37 1
- "Sleeth. The plural of sloth is sleeth." -- nm - Bullwinkle Jul 11, 10:38
PFT: Actual email from someone at the league office who was joking (I think)- "Should we announce the Irsay discipline today?" -- (link) - Budicio Jul 11, 10:35
Paul Pierce almost made the money in the main event of WSoP. He finished 800th. -- nm - David Jul 11, 10:31 3
- How is Ivey going? Saw he was leading after day 2 -- nm - Hunta Jul 11, 10:32 2
  - No idea. I saw that on a basketball rumors page. -- nm - David Jul 11, 10:33 1
    - Ahhh, finished day 3 with about 400k. -- nm - Hunta Jul 11, 10:36
ESPN: LVH odds for NBA title...CLE 3-1...MIA 100-1 -- nm - Budicio Jul 11, 10:30 2
- LOL...LVH is the Las Vegas Hilton -- nm - peglegpete Jul 11, 10:33
- Betting line: "Cavs were at 60-1 when it opened a month ago. Now the favorite at 7/2" -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 10:31
Riff-Trax Sharknado was surprisingly fun last night. But one thing is starting to bug me about the Riff-Trax guys - amoxy Jul 11, 10:30 1
- they make fun of female characters that are written stereotypically. - colin Jul 11, 10:47
So, if I was a Yankee fan, I would be rooting for them to fall out of the race in the next three weeks quickly. - Hunta Jul 11, 10:29 13
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  - That elbow injury is one that requires it almost always. - Hunta Jul 11, 10:45 4
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      - I am confused. What was your question? -- nm - Hunta Jul 11, 10:48
      - I tend to agree, you are looking at missing one year, vs a very good chance of missing multiple. -- nm - groiny Jul 11, 10:48 1
        
        Either way, the earliest he will be 100percent is 2016. I would rather have 85% Tanaka next August than him not being on the mound till spring traini -- nm - Hunta Jul 11, 10:50
  - I've had the same thought. Execs were worried about how much mileage was already on his arm. -- nm - David Jul 11, 10:42 4
    - how many days between starts to Japanese pitchers get in Japan? -- nm - groiny Jul 11, 10:47 3
      - It's a six man rotation so they get one more rest day in Japane. -- nm - David Jul 11, 10:49 2
        
        With off days. They only pitch once a week there as opposed to every fifth game here. This hurts. -- nm - Krustuardo Jul 11, 11:30
        
        curious. - groiny Jul 11, 10:50
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  - This kind of decision is why Arodys Vizcaino's career got derailed. -- nm - David Jul 11, 10:31
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- That's actually kind of fascinating to me. 1) I wouldn't think to do it so quickly. 2) That's a lot of bandwagon/fairweather fans - oblique Jul 11, 10:46 1
  - These are the same people who filed out of game 6 last year down five with 30seconds left to beat the rush. - Hunta Jul 11, 10:48
"Our NBA analysts need a new carrier or something. They're having a rough day." - David Jul 11, 10:26
Brian Hoyer just won Twitter. -- (link) - David Jul 11, 10:24 2
- *rolls a hundy* -- nm - Budicio Jul 11, 10:29
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- "I love that somewhere, this morning, a tourist visiting Miami bought his/her kid a LeBron James Heat jersey." -- (link) - Budicio Jul 11, 10:20 3
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    - he's a Raptors fan! -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 10:34
  - I call bullshit on that tweet. - Hunta Jul 11, 10:22
well, these are just awesome. London's new benches that look like classic books (hi LMS!) -- (link) - Andie Jul 11, 10:02
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- Miami needs to get Bosh on the phone asap. They have 98.7% of their cap space but only two players. -- nm - David Jul 11, 10:01 1
  - And one of them will be the most overpaid player in the league not nicknamed Black Mamba. - Hunta Jul 11, 10:17
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- Here you go -- (link) - amoxy Jul 11, 10:18 [youtube]
- I could use a cocktail or 6 myself. (Hope the day gets better) -- nm - Diva Jul 11, 10:00
- Ick :( Hopefully it improves. Work's been very weird for me this week ... - Beryllium Jul 11, 09:59
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- just saw remlik RT that - very excellent. (Also, someone should do one up for the NHL fan decision tree...) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 09:56
SEC halts trading in Cynk Technology social media penny stock -- (link) - Beaker Jul 11, 09:53 8
- sigh . . . another missed opportunity . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 11, 10:17 2
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    - a little late responding to this (sorry) .... maybe you'll see it ... i only meant that . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 11, 21:23
- weird -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 09:58
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  - you did this didn't you! :) -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 09:57
- i saw that... -- nm - Diva Jul 11, 09:54
- pump & dump!! -- nm - decline Jul 11, 09:54
Music question for Americans: does the Canadian band Headley get any airplay up there? - Beaker Jul 11, 09:43 11
- I miss Glass Tiger. -- nm - David Jul 11, 10:03 2
  - so you didn't forget them! -- nm - Reagen Jul 11, 10:18 1
    - that joke crosses a thin line -- nm - Zorcàs Jul 11, 10:21
- They are a very enjoyable rock-pop band. -- nm - Shaun Jul 11, 09:52 2
  - it amazes me and makes me feel old that they have been around since 2005/06. -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 09:56 1
    - I definitely remember watching both him and Carly Rae on Canadian Idol - Zorcàs Jul 11, 10:25
- Headley? Up there? - Beryllium Jul 11, 09:49 2
  - Newfies are weird. They always say 'When are you coming down again?' Down? Ummmm, no :) -- nm - Shaun Jul 11, 10:00 1
    - well, NL is downhill from me - Zorcàs Jul 11, 10:21
- who? -- nm - decline Jul 11, 09:47 1
  - heh, actually it is Hedley :) -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 09:49
Mayweather-Maidana rematch booked - Sept. 13 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and headline a Showtime PPV card -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 09:42
The Queen show with Adam Lambert last night was very good. Brian May is a guitar god. The set list was impressive - Pippe Jul 11, 09:41 1
- sweet. thx. -- nm - Diva Jul 11, 09:51
Holy. I need to see The Raid 2. Here's an insane fight scene fro mthe movie. -- (link) - Shaun Jul 11, 09:35 [youtube] 13
- the whole movie is 2 hours of that -- nm - decline Jul 11, 09:48
- I have had zero luck getting a code for this. -- nm - David Jul 11, 09:45 2
  - i had great luck getting the code for the movie. -- nm - colin Jul 11, 10:49
  - hey if you find a code please let me know -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 09:54
- have you seen the first one? great stuff -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 09:38 8
  - I have not. -- nm - Shaun Jul 11, 09:41 7
    - All action movie fans should watch the first one. It is badass. -- nm - David Jul 11, 09:48 6
      - I liked the part where the guys were totally hitting and then shooting the other guys -- nm - prayformojo Jul 11, 10:17
      - It's badass, but I admit I'll be going into 2 with no better understanding of who was who than in the first movie. -- nm - Max Jul 11, 10:16
      - yup. and imo Raid 1 is better than 2 - decline Jul 11, 09:55
      - yep. it's grrreeeaaattt. -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 09:54
      - I'm adding it to the list. -- nm - Shaun Jul 11, 09:52
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- Bag of Meh -- nm - Beryllium Jul 11, 09:34
- so did we -- nm - Miami Heat Jul 11, 09:32 1
  - heh -- nm - Budicio Jul 11, 09:34
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Daniel Bryan might also need shoulder surgery, no timetable for his return. Uh-oh. -- (link) - Tim Jul 11, 09:28 3
- ooofff...poor guy -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 09:40
- He isn't even a B+ player. -- nm - Qale as Folk Jul 11, 09:34 1
  - "Can't you be more like Cena in the 'freakish superhuman' department? -- nm - Tim Jul 11, 09:37
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- Bosh must be rushing to Houston to sign their max offersheet right now -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 09:32 2
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    - the timing of this should help them if they want to keep Chandler Parsons (or so I've read) -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 09:38
- Face Turn. - David Jul 11, 09:29 4
  - I'm kind of glad to see it. -- nm - pmb Jul 11, 09:51
  - plus Cleveland has Miami's 1st round draft pick next year. -- nm - Remlik Jul 11, 09:48 2
    - and it's unprotected! -- nm - David Jul 11, 09:50 1
      - ESPN is now reporting it's top 10 protected, assuming we trust any of them. -- nm - David Jul 11, 10:32
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  - interesting -- nm - decline Jul 11, 09:26 1
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- yup -- nm - Budicio Jul 11, 09:23
The Onion reviews DotPotA -- (link) - Budicio Jul 11, 09:19
"This brought the total in West Africa's first outbreak of the deadly viral disease to 888 cases including 539 deaths" -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 09:12 1
- Nuke the site from orbit? -- nm - Wawa Jul 11, 09:15
FTC sues Amazon over kids' unauthorized in-app purchases -- (link) - Beaker Jul 11, 09:10 1
- "The FTC settled with Apple over a similar matter for $32.5 million in January" -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 09:11
cute reception for a boy who was away sick from school for a week -- (link) - Zorcàs Jul 11, 09:08
Dammit, don't roll the board when I'm about to do a Bioshock ref! -- nm - David Jul 11, 09:03
Geek Deal: Buy Dozen, get Glazed Dozen for 77 cents @ Krispy Kreme -- (link) - Budicio Jul 11, 09:03 2
- why do you hate twug? -- nm - groiny Jul 11, 09:04 1
  - I get a single cream filled donut evry time I go to the grocery. It's my reward for not putting other junk food in the cart. -- nm - TWuG Jul 11, 09:11
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- Step by step, rung by rung. -- nm - Tim Jul 11, 09:10 1
  - the ladder goes over Niagara Falls? -- nm - Zorcàs Jul 11, 09:18
- It's like a ladder treadmill. It's at about a 45 degree angle and you climb it. - TWuG Jul 11, 09:08 1
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I'm too sedentary. The only way I could get motivated to go to the gym was to pay someone to expect me to be there. - TWuG Jul 11, 09:00 11
- Way to go! That's an impressive set of positive changes -- nm - Jásdeando Jul 11, 09:26
- Thank you all. It's good to have encouragement. :-) -- nm - TWuG Jul 11, 09:10
- Good for you -- nm - Remlik's phone Jul 11, 09:06
- good for you! I've been going to the gym for so long now it feels weird when I miss a day on my regular schedule -- nm - decline Jul 11, 09:05 2
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    - I'm going to a cabin for a week at the end of the month.Still trying to figure out if I'm going to run while there - decline Jul 11, 09:10
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  - I think that has a lot to do with smoking not only being unhealthy for the smoker, but those around them. - Cuzzin Todd Jul 11, 09:39 2
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      - No, actually it doesn't. I wasn't talking about fiscal health. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 11, 09:56
- I have the same problem with online versus in-person classes -- nm - znufrii Jul 11, 09:02
Moonrise in the park at last night's picnic. -- (link) - Meg Jul 11, 08:59 [flickr]
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- This is useful. I don't understand taking this approach. You have a guy that's unhappy and is going to bring controversy and distraction and - pmb Jul 11, 08:58 4
  - All they had to do was draft a quarterback. What unbelievable stupidity by their GM. -- nm - David Jul 11, 09:04 2
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    - any time you can get Ryan Fitzpatrick you have to! -- nm - Beaker Jul 11, 09:14
  - Ah, the Bill Bidwill approach to running an NFL team. That worked so well for him. -- nm - Wawa Jul 11, 09:03
As I have grown older, I've learned taht pleasing everyone is impossible, but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake. -- nm - Zorcàs Jul 11, 08:50 1
- Yup, you can't please all the people all the time but you can piss them off all the time. -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 11, 08:51

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