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Now *this* is how you do an "I'm leaving this job" email - ralph wiggum Aug 5, 17:32 1
- He wins for the "needless erections" line alone -- nm - Rollo Aug 5, 17:52
Man, TMNT is the worst looking movie since GotG. -- nm - David Aug 5, 17:28 23
- TMNT, turtles are fine, every else around them is jacked. Splinter especially, ew. -- nm - Broot Aug 5, 17:43
- but what about that tornado movie?....nm - x Aug 5, 17:32 20
  - Miles better looking than TMNT -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 5, 17:41
  - Written by the same guy who did the screenplay for Step Up All In! - Kim Pine Aug 5, 17:39 2
    - They're basically the same movie. -- nm - David Aug 5, 17:42
    - heh. it's funny 'cause it's true!...nm - x Aug 5, 17:40
  - okay fine, I'll say it: I'm tempted to watch it -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 17:37 15
    - Won't miss much by not watching it. Seen it, nothing new to see. -- nm - Broot Aug 5, 17:41 1
      - I didn't expect anything new or special, just mindless twistertainment -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 17:41
    - don't get me wrong, i'm all for natural disaster movies. they are not as good as animals eating people movies, but you take what you can get....nm - x Aug 5, 17:38 11
      - If only they could combine a weather disaster movie WITH an animals eating people movie... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 5, 17:40 10
        
        piranhacane!...nm - x Aug 5, 17:42 1
        
        Bearnado! -- nm - Broot Aug 5, 17:45
        
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        I don't know him personally, but I'll say yes -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 17:42
        
        Day After Tomorrow!!! -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 5, 17:42
        
        someone page pixie! -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 17:41 1
        
        why, does he know a writer? -- nm - Reagen Aug 5, 17:42
        
        and a dance contest, apparently. -- nm - Reagen Aug 5, 17:41 2
        
        Step Up Sharknado! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 5, 17:41
        
        Sharknado Up All In! -- nm - Broot Aug 5, 17:41
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- And also the best. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 5, 17:31
Katie Holmes was almost Piper Chapman -- (link) - amoxy Aug 5, 17:27
Woman gets through TSA and on to a Southwest flight at San Jose airport without a ticket. -- (link) - Meg Aug 5, 17:19 6
- No Ticket!! -- nm - Indiana Jones Aug 5, 17:22
- I was spent enough time in TSA line to ponder and realize that, while not easy, a sly determined person could bypass doc checkers on occasion. - ty97 Aug 5, 17:21 4
  - TSA says she went through screening so........ -- nm - Meg Aug 5, 17:22 3
    - Makes sense. I can see someone avoiding the doc checkers, would be rather hard (thankfully) to bypass screening -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 17:23 2
      - And then she was able to get on two flights without a boarding pass. - Meg Aug 5, 17:34 1
        
        That part confuses me far more. -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 17:43
Has ST seen the Jeff Goldblum wedding photo? -- (link) - mara Aug 5, 17:05 2
- Fisherman saved from bear attack by his annoying Justin Bieber ringtone -- nm - what is this? the Onion? Aug 5, 17:38
- Just ignored it on FB. -- nm - .... Aug 5, 17:10
Hawaii under "unprecedented" double hurricane threat. -- (link) - mara Aug 5, 17:02 1
- All sources I read say those hurricanes will weaken to tropical storms before they hit, but huge amounts of rain and flooding will still be bad -- nm - Bacon Aug 5, 17:03
It's potential merger fallthrough day: Sprint ends bid for T-Mobile -- (link) - ty97 Aug 5, 17:00 12
- Great! :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 5, 17:21
- 21st Century Fox also ended their bid for Direct TV. (My sister works for Sprint, I think that falling through actually keeps her job safer) -- nm - Bacon Aug 5, 17:02 10
  - Sorry sorry bad bad info. 21st Century Fox was trying to buy Time Warner and just called it off. - Bacon Aug 5, 17:20 1
    - After hours trading Fox is up 10% Time Warner down 8% on the news -- nm - Bacon Aug 5, 17:28
  - Didn't AT&T already agree to buy them? -- nm - Ender Aug 5, 17:05 7
    - AT&T tried to buy T-Mobile and got cock blocked by the Feds -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 17:09 6
      - No, ATT agreed to buy DirecTV. -- nm - Ender Aug 5, 17:12 5
        
        I thought you were referring to Spring. Yes AT&T is trying to buy DirectTv (not sure if that has cleared yet) -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 17:15 4
        
        Rumblings of a tough regulatory environment out there. -- nm - Broot Aug 5, 17:17 3
        
        snicker...nm - x Aug 5, 17:31 1
        
        yup. the 'sadly' nm - ty97 Aug 5, 17:43
        
        Just rumblings, not real teeth. See AA/US -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 17:22
"$25 ($66 value) for 24-hour parking at any Icon Parking Systems location" - ty97 Aug 5, 16:50
How is the 3D on GOTG? Worth the extra? -- nm - Beaker Aug 5, 16:46 12
- I have seen it both ways, very little difference. Not worth the money -- nm - amoxy Aug 5, 17:06
- I go out so rarely that I didn't blink twice at the extra. But I haven't seen it without, so I don't know. - Beryllium Aug 5, 16:59 1
  - It's not even the money. I'd pay a few buck more to *avoid* 3D -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 17:01
- 3D is never worth it. 3D is a gimmick. 3D is for third graders. - ty97 Aug 5, 16:57 4
  - Avatar, Coraline and How to Train Your Dragon are absolutely worth it. - David Aug 5, 16:59 2
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      - Step Up 3 -- nm - Dano All In Aug 5, 17:01
  - Agreed for most part, wont buy 3D TV. -- nm - Broot Aug 5, 16:59
- No. -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 5, 16:56
- I actually thought it made the fake nature of the CGI more noticeable. -- nm - David Aug 5, 16:56
- I thought so. I'd really tell you if it wasn't. -- nm - Remlik Aug 5, 16:51
- yes -- nm - Broot Aug 5, 16:48
Not a Dave Matthews Band fan, but am a Landland fan and this poster is gorg... -- (link) - .... Aug 5, 16:43
Ticket purchased for Thursday night. -- nm - Dano Aug 5, 16:40 1
- TMNT? -- nm - mud Aug 5, 16:41
I don't think Bill Murray is a good choice for Baloo. It doesn't mesh with the original version where he had a very deep voice....like a bear should. -- nm - crankyanker Aug 5, 16:35 1
- he's no wonga bill harris, for sure....nm - x Aug 5, 17:37
Turing Solves Mystery Of How We Get Fingers And Toes 60 Years After Death -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Aug 5, 16:30 2
- I think that headline needs a comma after "Toes" ...maybe not. -- nm - mud Aug 5, 16:33 1
  - It does. -- nm - .... Aug 5, 16:53
I like that Remlik immediately started a ballot stuffing campaign at RT. -- nm - David Aug 5, 16:28
I am considering talking to Time Warner on if I can get an into bundle deal if I add cable TV. - ty97 Aug 5, 16:20 13
- They have online tools that can show you bundle options/pricing -- nm - Broot Aug 5, 16:22 12
  - None of the bundles off standard tv. Only Starter (20 channels) or Preferred (200) - ty97 Aug 5, 16:34 11
    - My friends and I up and down our cable packages all the time. Just get an intro rate for football season, then cNcel. No need to pay all year. - Amanda Aug 5, 16:40 10
      - The problem is that 40 seems to be the intro. Let me look at bundles - ty97 Aug 5, 16:43 9
        
        (and yeah, I would totally cancel after football season) -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 16:43 8
        
        Okay, so this is dumb: - ty97 Aug 5, 16:49 7
        
        get the equipment thrown in or at least a free converter -- nm - Beaker Aug 5, 16:50 6
        
        I'm doing this on-line so no negotiating, may try to call to see what I can do - ty97 Aug 5, 16:52 5
        
        *sigh* 11.25/month for a box. - ty97 Aug 5, 16:55 4
        
        Does your tv take cable cards? I would pay $10 for a box but pay just $2.50 for my card. -- nm - Amanda Aug 5, 17:18 2
        
        I don't know, guess I should take. I have the 2.50 card option as well. - ty97 Aug 5, 17:23 1
        
        looks like no card slot :/ - ty97 Aug 5, 17:25
        
        I don't know about there but we could buy them either from the company or used. always a better deal -- nm - Beaker Aug 5, 17:06
I just slapped down the money for the Alaska Cruise... - Bacon Aug 5, 16:19 2
- Gently placing it down probably would have sufficed. - ty97 Aug 5, 16:20 1
  - Wedding Cruise 2: Colder and Rumless -- nm - Bacon Aug 5, 16:21
also jeebus, people. have you never dealt with the recency effect before? -- nm - Reagen Aug 5, 15:55 2
- Is that like the regency effect? - mud Aug 5, 16:09
- That's the best theory I've ever heard! -- nm - spamlet Aug 5, 15:58
Howard and Raj got *paid* too. -- (link) - spamlet Aug 5, 15:38 3
- Good for them but goddamn! That show must make a mint. TBS gotta pay huge. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 5, 16:24
- the weird bit in all this was reading the other day that Raj has been getting less than Howard all this time -- nm - mud Aug 5, 16:11
- Raj already won...He married Miss India a few years ago :)) -- nm - peglegpete Aug 5, 15:43
Rangers placed right fielder Alex Rios on waivers today...could get interesting -- nm - Broot Aug 5, 15:12 4
- No ones going to claim an empty .290 hitter owed almost 20mil cuz they should get - Will Hunting Aug 5, 15:21 3
  - Are you still at work? -- nm - kelly Aug 5, 15:31
  - He’s owed $3.76MM through season’s end, plus a $1MM buyout on next year’s $13.5MM option -- nm - Broot Aug 5, 15:22 1
    - Rios drew interest from the Giants, Mariners, Royals, Reds and Indians prior to the deadline. -- nm - Broot Aug 5, 15:24
Have we heard about the guy in Utah that was fired from an English language school for blogging about homophones? -- (link) - GregW Aug 5, 15:05 4
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- Homophones? See B2 or 3. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 5, 15:10 2
  - More like B26, from Friday. Had to search on Utah to find it. -- nm - GregW Aug 5, 15:21 1
    - No, it was today. "Size Queen" was used. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 5, 15:22
Community: Season 5 Gag Reel -- (link) - Broot Aug 5, 15:05 [youtube]
Summer Stalker Tshirt:Purchased -- nm - prayformojo Aug 5, 15:03
huh...Randy Orton got a shout out on the John Oliver show -- (link) - Remlik Aug 5, 14:49 [youtube] 2
- the Brock/Cena video thing was spectacular. - Tim Aug 5, 14:51 1
  - yeah it was pretty solid. -- nm - Remlik Aug 5, 14:54
I wanna marry RogerMore's box office spreadsheet. At least have a really long relationship with it. -- nm - Inigo Aug 5, 14:48 9
- I'll officiate! -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 14:49
- take it behind the middle school and get it pregnant? -- nm - Tim Aug 5, 14:48 7
  - Since that means another drool-worthy spreadsheet, yes! -- nm - Inigo Aug 5, 14:50 6
    - Then you should check out my box office predictions spreadsheet. -- (link) - Roger More Aug 5, 17:01 2
      - You...write for us but don't include us on your tracking? - David Aug 5, 17:07 1
        
        Conflict of interest! -- nm - Roger More Aug 5, 17:19
    - You're drooling over your own child. -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 14:52 2
      - You are not very good at marriage officiating. -- nm - Inigo Aug 5, 14:57 1
        
        Where's amanda? ty needs to be fired. -- nm - Inigo Aug 5, 14:59
The Smile Bitch Training Camp -- (link) - zork Aug 5, 14:45 [youtube]
EVERYONE should hate the Oxford Comma. - David Aug 5, 14:41 31
- Well I don't give a fuck about it -- nm - Vampire Weekend Aug 5, 16:11
- There's a war brewing. We needs colors, banners, and mottos. I think I just picked a side. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 5, 15:51 5
  - For 2014, I am now on Team Samara. -- nm - David Aug 5, 16:09 4
    - You wound me, sir! -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 5, 16:28 1
      - You were the one who intentionally alienated an ally! - David Aug 5, 16:29
    - And she will prosper in spite of this. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 5, 16:25 1
      - With my support, she can go ahead and engrave her trophy. -- nm - David Aug 5, 16:27
- I agree whole heartedly. - Reagen Aug 5, 15:50 3
  - Titles of stories that i am writing include The Slackers, Board Etiquette, Reagen and David. Did i just list three or four titles? -- nm - zork Aug 5, 17:17 1
    - reword the sentence to avoid ambiguity. -- nm - any competent editor Aug 5, 17:29
  - Right? -- nm - David Aug 5, 16:09
- You are just having a whole summer of wrong, aren't you? -- nm - Ender Aug 5, 15:20
- Why? It adds clarity. Why side with potential confusion? -- nm - TWuG Aug 5, 15:18 3
  - Comma abuse is one of the biggest problems in communication. -- nm - David Aug 5, 15:25 2
    - But, you're misclassifying, the oxford comma, as comma abuse. -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 15:26 1
      - Accurately, smartly and rightly. -- nm - David Aug 5, 15:29
- *joins Team David* -- nm - kelly Aug 5, 14:57
- Just get used to always using it and you'll never have this worry again. -- nm - zork Aug 5, 14:42 3
  - I might as well take up smoking while I'm at it. -- nm - David Aug 5, 14:43 2
    - Well, maybe if you reduced your word count, it wouldn't be so necessary. -- nm - zork Aug 5, 14:46 1
      - Ask me not to breathe. -- nm - David Aug 5, 14:47
- I appreciate your consistency in taking the wrong side of arguments today. -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 14:41 9
  - Today? -- nm - spamlet Aug 5, 14:46 4
    - Yeah, you at least have to include every single discussion of GotG in that, so lets say what, a year? -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 5, 15:02 3
      - Logic and reason are always better than blind luck. -- nm - David Aug 5, 15:11 2
        
        Your powers are weak, old man. - Star-Lord Aug 5, 15:23 1
        
        Feel free to read MMQB and argue the point. -- nm - David Aug 5, 15:26
  - I think I did proclaim earlier in the year that 2014 was the year of David being wrong! -- nm - Remlik Aug 5, 14:44 1
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  - That...doesn't sound like me. -- nm - David Aug 5, 14:43 1
    - Consistent! -- nm - ty97 Aug 5, 14:43
Dignan, as RogerMore said, the first weekend audience is (for varying reasons) the most motivated to see the movie. - ty97 Aug 5, 14:38 3
- I am saying that the audience score will drop. -- nm - David Aug 5, 14:41 2
  - I do wonder how big their user pool is, and how susceptible it is to manipulation. - Inigo Aug 5, 14:55
  - I tend to think that's the common pattern but allow for some exceptions. - ty97 Aug 5, 14:43
this is pretty dumb, right? i sent back a revised contract to several people (executives) and said "please find attachments with our revisions. - Andie Aug 5, 14:30 7
- Is it possible the redline was done in track changes? If he has track changes turned off it may not show the changes and look the same. -- nm - pmb Aug 5, 14:38 2
  - possible, but when it is *clearly* indicated in the email and title of document, and you review contracts, shouldn't you check that? -- nm - Andie Aug 5, 14:44 1
    - Yeah, but he just may not understand how that function works on his computer. I don't think it's that crazy. It's not a basic function. - pmb Aug 5, 14:50
- He's got the review stuff in Word marked to only see the final copy. He doesn't see the revisions. -- nm - spamlet Aug 5, 14:37
- *scratches out "IT" and hands Andie the "Hawthorne Motivational Tool"...* -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 5, 14:32 2
  - i didn't reply. he cc'd all the other people, and our lawyer. i will let one of them tell him he's an idiot. - Andie Aug 5, 14:34 1
    - the temptation is so strong to nuke people like that from orbit. I applaud your restraint. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 5, 14:36

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