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Robin Williams' death announced by the Marin County Sheriff's Office: -- (link) - Broot Aug 11, 16:01 9
- Just saw the tweets. Have to say I'm not surprised. he took a downturn -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:09 3
  - agreed. CBS canceling his show had to hit him.... -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 16:10 2
    - it may not necessarily be that. He was on a downtrun before that -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:11 1
      - oh sure...but that didn't help. -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 16:12
- Weren't there rumors he had recently relapsed? -- nm - spamlet Aug 11, 16:08 3
  - yes. he went back to rehab -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 16:10
  - yes. My guess is this will be a suicide -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:09 1
    - oh, well there you go -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:10
- Ah crap -- nm - CovingtonCat Aug 11, 16:07
Twitter rumblings that Robin Williams has passed away. Unconfirmed. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 11, 15:58 4
- Publicist essentially says it's suicide. 'Hes been dealing with depression as of late'. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 11, 16:00 1
  - I think he's been dealing with it all his life. (just MHO) -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:10
- Marin County coroner saying apparent sucide -- nm - sgtmike Aug 11, 16:00 1
  - WTF? -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 16:01
I'm seeing tweets that Robin Williams is dead. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 15:58 5
- Confirmed -- (link) - Remlik Aug 11, 16:01
- Verified NBC account says so -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 11, 15:59 3
  - He had seemed so happy on The Crazy Ones. - David Aug 11, 16:03 2
    - acting -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 16:10 1
      - No, they finished every episode with outtakes. -- nm - David Aug 11, 16:14
The third photo down in this story about greyhounds in Spain is a very, very weird-looking dog. Look at that tail! -- (link) - mara Aug 11, 15:53
Diva... - Mel Profit Aug 11, 15:49 4
- oh thx! - Diva Aug 11, 15:56
- how am I going to text you during Raw when the NWO hit? - Remlik Aug 11, 15:50 2
  - seriously. do that. I'd love to see that. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 11, 15:51 1
    - will do. Of course if it's in the 8pm hour I'm still on the road home. -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 15:54
BB16. I think Derrick gets the edge because I think he's the brains in the Derrick/Cody hitmen alliance. - Let's Be Dano Aug 11, 15:29 2
- do we think nicole can flip the house? -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Aug 11, 15:43 1
  - i'm slightly screwed. the 2 players I like and want to win are nominated -- nm - peglegpete Aug 11, 15:45
NFL on ESPN ‏@ESPNNFL 16m There's been 26 MORE defensive holding & illegal contact penalties called this preseason than last, in 48 FEWER games -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 11, 15:19 7
- If that's what they have to do to eliminate jersey grabs, I'm *all* for it. -- nm - David Aug 11, 15:24 2
  - still wondering if seattle will get flagged more, or less, than other teams. - Truman Aug 11, 15:29 1
    - Carroll is good at teaching players how to abuse the rules without getting flagged, but I still expect it to have an impact on them. -- nm - David Aug 11, 15:55
- I wonder if this'll lead to flopping in the NFL. -- nm - Broot Aug 11, 15:22 3
  - flopping has been there all along. WRs falling down over nothing looking for a call. bunch of pansies -- nm - CQ Aug 11, 15:34 1
    - OI! -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 11, 15:51
  - Maybe it already has? 0.8 game to 4.7. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 11, 15:24
I don't really like the new wendy's commercials. also, the blake lively looks terrible in her new hair dye commercials. - peggy ann mcamanda Aug 11, 15:08 11
- they are fun and not offensive, aren't trying to get you to remember them by being f'n annoying -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 21:33
- I am amused by the Jake Johnson commercials. -- nm - Max Aug 11, 16:01
- Carl's Jr. has a new Hannah Ferguson [car washing] burger commercial -- (link) - peglegpete Aug 11, 15:34 [youtube] 1
  - Man, you are racking up the post-WW II references today -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 15:39
- I like the "new Wendy" though. -- nm - spamlet Aug 11, 15:15 6
  - She is called "Red". - Star-Lord Aug 11, 15:16 5
    - She's not natural though. That's disappointing -- nm - droidlet Aug 11, 16:11
    - she's hawt -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 15:16 3
      - word -- (link) - Star-Lord Aug 11, 15:23 2
        
        POW. -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 15:25 1
        
        there are exceptions to the rule - Remlik SI Aug 11, 15:40
WWE: Tonight is Hogan's birthday on Raw...NWO reunion rumored as well as other people showing up -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 15:03
Roomba, for your yard. Yes..a mower -- (link) - Broot Aug 11, 14:57 3
- don't they have the ones that you can drive around? - colin Aug 11, 14:59 2
  - er... remote control around. -- nm - colin Aug 11, 15:01 1
    - I like the 'hack' where the guy staked a spool in the middle of the yard and the mower would drive around ever smaller circles as the rope wound aroun - zeitgeist Aug 11, 16:13
So - should I register the domain "ResumeCreek.com"? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 14:52 8
- I own haltcreek.com, you can be my nemesis. -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 15:19
- I suppose native American tribes from Alabama need resume help too -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 15:06
- for like, resume help? -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Aug 11, 15:01 3
  - Kind of. There's a programmatic resume standard being developed (jsonresume.org), so it would be both a tool and an aggregator for that. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 15:04 2
    - oh. so not for me. I see. (do we need to have the talk again about *my needs*? - peggy ann mcamanda Aug 11, 15:07 1
      - Um. Well, more like trying to take away the "not for me" and make it more "for everyone". -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 15:07
- "Are you up Resume Creek without a paddle?" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 15:00
- Well, did it anyway. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 15:00
Review: Guess how many times the words "pervert" or "sex fiend" to show up in a novelization of E.T.? The answer is "a lot more than you'd expect." -- (link) - mara Aug 11, 14:38 5
- Wow -- nm - znufrii Aug 11, 14:46
- sort of related: vice article: Romance Novelists Don't Know What Fisting Is, And It's Hilarious..... i was dying... NSFW text. -- (link) - colin Aug 11, 14:45 1
  - "Dawn's heart was fisting" -- nm - JD Aug 11, 14:53
- That's some seriously weird stuff. nm - Dignan Aug 11, 14:45
- Zero charisma! Sinus Supremus! -- nm - Inigo Aug 11, 14:44
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MLB Rumor: Braves were close to trading away BJ Upton and a SP (Minor/Santana) at the trade deadline. -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 11, 14:28 1
- :(((( that's not Kate's nickname -- nm - peglegpete Aug 11, 14:34
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- Update: he's back on the practice field. Much ado... -- nm - David Aug 11, 15:54
- See details on Hard Knocks -- nm - Volnelk Aug 11, 14:48
- Steven Jackson's job is safe for a while longer. -- nm - David Aug 11, 14:39
- Fun. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 11, 14:28
Congrats TN you win the contest: "String of same-sex marriage rulings broken" TN judge ruled they can keep their ban. -- (link) - MDH Aug 11, 14:27 6
- So about 20 kajillion to one? -- nm - znufrii Aug 11, 14:53 1
  - But it's one! -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 14:55
- Unsurprising. - Kim Pine Aug 11, 14:30
- this is the land of Scopes Monkey Trial -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 14:30
- The irony is that the guys are suing to *divorce* -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 14:30
- And then he yelled "All you damn homos get out of my courtroom". Right? -- nm - pmb Aug 11, 14:28
Israel, Gaza, War & Data - social networks and the art of personalizing propaganda -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 11, 14:26
How long until this high-waisted pants trend dies out? nm - Dignan Aug 11, 14:22 33
- eh, it's not a bad look if it's snug. makes butts look good. the ones with pleats are horrible, but that trend left. -- nm - colin Aug 11, 14:43 5
  - It makes butts look *horrible.* nm - Dignan Aug 11, 14:44 4
    - why do you like saggy asses? -- nm - colin Aug 11, 14:52 1
      - How does a high waist cure SAS? nm - Dignan Aug 11, 14:57
    - TBF, girls make butts look terrible -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 14:45 1
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- that look was popular in the 1930's & 40's -- nm - peglegpete Aug 11, 14:36 1
  - I bet. Having your belly button exposed was a mating call. nm - Dignan Aug 11, 14:39
- Agreed. Everyone used to laugh at those calling them mom jeans. This year at Lollapalooza the girls wearing high waisted shorts added having them - pmb Aug 11, 14:34 1
  - One thing at a time. We can solve the ass cheeks thing in a few decades. When we have more time. nm - Dignan Aug 11, 14:37
- (Here's a good example. Like, in what world is this flattering?) -- (link) - Dignan Aug 11, 14:32 2
  - That's hot. -- nm - Clint Eastwood si Aug 11, 14:32 1
    - They're higher than they are long, Clint! It breaks every fashion physics law in existence. nm - Dignan Aug 11, 14:35
- agreed. It's the worst. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 11, 14:31
- Hopefully sometime after the shorts-that-are-so-long-they're-pretty-much-p ants thing goes away -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 14:28 1
  - bah! I had to wear those when I was in a foot cast for 6 months. -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 14:32
- The latest trend is an onion on the belt. But not a white onion like it used to be, now it's a red onion. Or for the adventurous, a sack of shallots. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 14:25 1
  - This is serious shit, man. Mom jeans are for *moms,* people. nm - Dignan Aug 11, 14:27
- I'm waiting for the jeans around your ass fad to die. - Mel Profit Aug 11, 14:24 14
  - Pants sagging has been around just ten years for you?? - con_carne Aug 11, 14:34 1
    - "well over a decade" -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 11, 15:04
  - That too. nm - thereisamiddleground.com Aug 11, 14:25 11
    - I saw a dumpy middle aged dude on the train this morning with this look - that's a good sign that it will die as a fashion trend, right? -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 11, 14:27 10
      - Is it here to stay? Is that possible? When is a fad not a fad? nm - Dignan Aug 11, 14:29 9
        
        It's about 20 years now. Could it last another 20? -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 14:51
        
        My plan... - Mel Profit Aug 11, 14:39 7
        
        I wonder if a shame blog would work. nm - Dignan Aug 11, 14:44 6
        
        a shame tumblr though. -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 14:54
        
        Yeah, blogs are all the rage! -- nm - 2008 Aug 11, 14:52 4
        
        tumblr is, essentially, blogs. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 11, 14:55 3
        
        Love Tumblr! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 11, 15:01
        
        Yes, I know but tumblr will cut you if you call it a blog. -- nm - spamlet Aug 11, 14:59 1
        
        No, they would just ask their dad what that is -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 15:12
I'm pretty sure the first Irish Car Bomb I ever had was with Dawson as well. - JaxSean Aug 11, 14:01 13
- My first was House of Siam with Dawson and Chun. First beer I had drank in probably 20 years. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 11, 15:06 3
  - you guys were drinking those at HoS? - Mel Profit Aug 11, 15:07 2
    - We slammed one for the road. That was why we couldn't leave, it took thema while to bring them. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 11, 15:10 1
      - I was wondering what the hold up was...and again, this explains a lot of what happened. - Mel Profit Aug 11, 15:23
- Yup. I remember that. That thing trashed me. -- nm - pmb Aug 11, 14:27 2
  - That was one the fastest times I went from sobertoshitfaced. - Mel Profit Aug 11, 14:29 1
    - Missed my flight the next morning. - pmb Aug 11, 14:31
- The first...and second (and then only Irish Carbombs) I had were just before a NIN show... - Mel Profit Aug 11, 14:23
- I don't think I ever had an Irish Car Bomb - amoxy Aug 11, 14:08 4
  - I always feel kinda bad ordering them (that name...) - ty97 Aug 11, 14:12 2
    - it is amusing when Dawson orders them, then Spawn disappears to the bathroom and never returns. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 11, 14:13 1
      - I had already had one the night before. - Star-Lord Aug 11, 15:06
  - oh, they are pretty good. - groiny Aug 11, 14:09
David, I think he could have picked his spot a lot better for that intended purpose. - Will Hunting Aug 11, 13:57
I bring you peace and love. -- nm - David Aug 11, 13:54 15
- (it's a trap) -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 14:12
- I bring those AND understanding. -- nm - Elvis Costello Aug 11, 14:01 3
  - i bring donuts . . . so everyone else shut up ! ! ! ! -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 11, 14:03 1
    - they said there would be pizza -- nm - jon hamm Aug 11, 14:08
  - that's not funny -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 14:03
- gee thanks Ringo. -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 13:59
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  - "His jiggling is hypnotic, like looking at a lava lamp." -- nm - David Aug 11, 14:01
- It's bringing love, don't let it get away! -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 13:57
- An angel doesn't *make* love. An angel *is* love. -- nm - Max Aug 11, 13:57 1
  - Hey, how did you read that short story I wrote on Friday? - David Aug 11, 14:00
- Time for your booster! -- nm - Roger More Aug 11, 13:57
- no Bacon???? fail! -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Aug 11, 13:57
- Spoon! -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 13:55 1
  - The midnight bomber what bombs at midnight! -- nm - David Aug 11, 13:56
like Toronto is good about enforcing laws... -- nm - colin Aug 11, 13:54 3
- But if you live in an apartment, you can always count on some whiny neighbour to tell on you. -- nm - Roger More Aug 11, 13:56 2
  - yeah, that is really more the issue. -- nm - Andie Aug 11, 13:56 1
    - offer them some fish.. -- nm - colin Aug 11, 13:59
the Madness of King George -- nm - peglegpete Aug 11, 13:53 2
- In the Mouth of Madness -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 13:55
- it's only called that... -- nm - colin Aug 11, 13:54
Just do it. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 13:53 1
- Ok -- nm - amoxy Aug 11, 14:08

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