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Vamps: We gonna Start the Draft? -- nm - budice Aug 22, 11:22 2
- Monday at 9 AM EST. -- nm - David Aug 22, 11:27 1
  - ... September 1st. -- nm - Spawn Aug 22, 11:28
Awesome. I am not one of 'those people.' I dropped my phone into a wet place. I hope the rice trick works. -- nm - Shaun Aug 22, 11:05 6
- Mine survived after 5 days in rice, with a minor screen cloud, but it looks like a weather effect in the background. -- nm - Max Aug 22, 11:51
- I took my phone swimming with me. It did not like it. I have always been one of those people. -- nm - Inigo Aug 22, 11:18
- jonathan and sash both did this last week. sash washed hers. jonathan went too far into the ocean. - peggy ann m Aug 22, 11:16 1
  - salt water and electronics don't mix too well -- nm - decline Aug 22, 11:18
- not should equal now. ARGH! -- nm - Shaun Aug 22, 11:08
- You are very much 'those people'. - Spawn Aug 22, 11:05
since its called the Ice Bucket Challenge, (not ice *water*) why not fill the bucket with a bunch of cubes, heck you would hardly get wet -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 22, 11:04 2
- well, you certainly can. the rules are pretty much open to interpretation. -- nm - Andie Aug 22, 11:07
- Wrong kind of 'suffering'. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 22, 11:06
Good news out of North Carolina: school vouchers for private schools with no state oversight ruled unconstitutional -- (link) - mara Aug 22, 11:02
Ooo, the total solar eclipse of 2017 will practically be in my backyard. -- (link) - mara Aug 22, 10:57 4
- whoa, it goes through Bacon's (and Mops) place too. awesome (and totals are totally awesome, see one and you know why cavemen started sacraficing.. - zeitgeist Aug 22, 11:08
- You should charge for parking. -- nm - Spawn Aug 22, 11:02
- Looks like an excuse to drive to Charleston, SC. -- nm - Inigo Aug 22, 11:00
- Years ago I believe I suggested we all meet in TN for it. Someone live's there from ST I think -- nm - oblique Aug 22, 11:00
Washington Post editorials will no longer use ‘Redskins’ for the local NFL team -- (link) - con_carne Aug 22, 10:52 2
- team voldemort? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Aug 22, 11:11
- what they should do is call them the Washington Racist Named Team I mean literally like that.... - zeitgeist Aug 22, 11:01
*blinks* Samara lives! Her keepers are up on the BF board. -- nm - Inigo Aug 22, 10:48 10
- ohcrap. Cavemen, get drafting. we'd never live it down if they beat us now! -- nm - Beaker Aug 22, 11:18
- I'm so so sorry, guys. -- nm - samara Aug 22, 10:50 8
  - No worries. - Strongbad Aug 22, 11:17
  - We're all just happy that you're okay. Welcome back! :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 22, 11:07 1
    - That's so cliche, Krusty -- nm - con_carne Aug 22, 11:17
  - Glad you are okay. And in case you missed it, Astronauts are *done* with our draft! -- nm - Spawn Aug 22, 11:03
  - If you'll google your name above, you'll see that your friends were worried about you more than anything else. - David Aug 22, 10:55 1
    - IM = they were quick to turn you into a joke. - Will Hunting Aug 22, 11:07
  - Cliche - but I think we're all just glad you're okay. -- nm - Inigo Aug 22, 10:52 1
    - *pets her white cat* -- nm - samara si Aug 22, 10:57
Samara... - David Aug 22, 10:47 1
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Just bouncing through the release schedule. Interstellar and Big Hero 6 on the same day? Hmmmm. -- nm - volnelk Aug 22, 10:46
I know nothing about this "If I Stay" movie but the price swings have been crazy this week. Who's the audience for this? -- nm - MDH Aug 22, 10:04 26
- I've long though it was undervalued based on Fault In Our Stars (this looks like that lite), so the upswing didn't surprise me. - Cuzzin Todd Aug 22, 10:21
- I've been out traveling for work this week, and missed yesterday's advance sales. Will and and get today's. -- nm - MDH Aug 22, 10:20 15
  - The crazy thing is that it's dropping fast on the other site, despite having pretty good Thursday #s -- nm - Roger More Aug 22, 10:22 14
    - yeah, i had sold off both SinCity and If I Stay in the last couple days, but i just rebought both - they're so low. -- nm - Andie Aug 22, 10:38 12
      - Sin City 2 can go lower -- nm - Roger More Aug 22, 10:40 11
        
        Yeah, we could be looking at a $10 million opening. Maybe lower. -- nm - Inigo Aug 22, 10:43 10
        
        well, i will win my office bet (i have Under 15M) -- nm - Andie Aug 22, 10:50 3
        
        Has that guy won yet? -- nm - Roger More Aug 22, 10:52 2
        
        yes, he won on TMNT, i underestimated. before that the last time he won was Jersey Boys (i have a tally sheet on my corkboard) -- nm - Andie Aug 22, 10:58
        
        AKA - How many times is he gonna punch himself in the face before stopping? -- nm - Inigo Aug 22, 10:54
        
        how'd it do last night? (sorry I was in meetings all day.) -- nm - peggy ann m Aug 22, 10:44 5
        
        .475 million. Yes, the decimal point is in the right place. It's a bomb. -- nm - Inigo Aug 22, 10:46 2
        
        W....ow. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 22, 11:03 1
        
        "If I Stay..." - Spawn Aug 22, 11:25
        
        $475K with a 9pm start. That's not good. If I Stay did $1.1M from 7pm, and the football movie did $425K -- nm - Roger More Aug 22, 10:46 1
        
        wow. -- nm - peggy ann m Aug 22, 10:50
    - I'd guess it's because people are comparing them to The Fault in our Stars crazy Thursday numbers. - Inigo Aug 22, 10:24
- *Clears Throat*, we were going to see this tomorrow until - amoxy Aug 22, 10:20
- "I'm still here but I'm crazy in love with you." - con_carne Aug 22, 10:11
- My 13yo daughter wants to see it. -- nm - TWuG Aug 22, 10:07
- Chicks - oblique Aug 22, 10:06 2
  - ST Canadians - If you buy a Samsung Galaxy S4 at Target, you get a free 3DS XL with it. -- (link) - Inigo Aug 22, 10:08 1
    - Post fail. -- nm - Inigo Aug 22, 10:08
- Teenage girls - AKA - The Fault in our Stars audience. -- nm - Inigo Aug 22, 10:06 2
  - I saw several gaggles of senior citizens outside TFIOS. -- nm - Spawn Aug 22, 11:16
  - This exactly. -- nm - volnelk Aug 22, 10:09
I watched All About Eve last night. Fantastic movie -- nm - con_carne Aug 22, 10:01 1
- It's worthy of being called a classic. -- nm - Inigo Aug 22, 10:03
Rubber Ducky in L.A. harbor had to be moved..... -- (link) - Meg Aug 22, 09:59
Radio Shack: Interesting article, they need lender approval to close stores. -- (link) - budice Aug 22, 09:56
Sceire, Kim, Brian, Inigo -- nm - David Aug 22, 09:55 2
- Kim, Brian, Inigo -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 22, 10:16 1
  - I've texted her but she is at a business meeting. -- nm - David Aug 22, 10:22
Way, way back, did we come up with lists of top Simpsons eps as a community for some fansite? Or am I going crazy? *NM* - Ender Aug 22, 09:55 1
- It was at the-prophets.com. I think we lost it all in a server crash. -- nm - David Aug 22, 09:55
"Hyperlapse" video of Portugal -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 22, 09:54 [vimeo] 2
- Vimeo is pretty much going to choose all videos like this as "staff picks" -- nm - con_carne Aug 22, 10:13
- Such bull,I kept touching my screen and my body heat didn't change the video at all! -- nm - Ender Aug 22, 09:56
BWAHAHA. Yahoo's Draft Day Projections has me going 12-1 -- nm - oblique Aug 22, 09:50 6
- Where do you see that at? All I see is coming soon. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 22, 09:54
- Samara? -- nm - David Aug 22, 09:51 4
  - It has Spawn going 1-12. So maybe it is right -- nm - oblique Aug 22, 09:52 3
    - No D messes them up. Though the other draft I already did had me finsihing in 5th, andd I did not draft a D or a kicker. -- nm - Spawn Aug 22, 11:05
    - Can you post it all? All I have is "coming soon". -- nm - David Aug 22, 09:54 1
      - Maybe it's old data but under League, then change "2013 season" to "Current Projections" shows - oblique Aug 22, 09:59
wap? Infographic on which celebrities IBC-challenged each other -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 22, 09:49
Patrick Stewart's "ice bucket challenge" made me laugh. -- (link) - MDH Aug 22, 09:46 [youtube] 4
- niiiice -- nm - JenBro Aug 22, 10:25
- love it. -- nm - Andie Aug 22, 09:56
- I love it -- nm - Epiphany Aug 22, 09:54
- that's how you do it. -- nm - loosi at work Aug 22, 09:52
Peeing in the ocean good for the environment says scientists -- (link) - Beaker Aug 22, 09:46 1
- if it's good enough for the fish... -- nm - loosi at work Aug 22, 09:50
"One of my biggest regrets in life is that that show was canceled." - Powers Booth on Deadwood -- (link) - Beaker Aug 22, 09:44 5
- agreed. I rewatched a few episodes and it raised my opinion even higher. - Mel Profit Aug 22, 09:57 4
  - I'm sure it would do the same for me now that I know WTF a lot of those words mean -- nm - con_carne Aug 22, 10:15 3
    - It's a person who puts another person's penis in their mouth. -- nm - Roger More Aug 22, 10:32
    - It's beautiful language. It's maybe my favorite dialogue on any series. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 22, 10:16 1
      - Shakespearian. -- nm - volnelk Aug 22, 10:29
Samara reference post -- nm - budice Aug 22, 09:43
What a 97 mph fastball looks like coming at your head -- (link) - Reagen Aug 22, 09:43 [youtube] 3
- I love that video but I'm not sure that's a 97 mph fastball. -- nm - Krusty Aug 22, 10:06
- Same channel lists..."Krys Kolanos Makes Patrick Roy Cry Like a Baby" -- (link) - budice Aug 22, 09:48 [youtube] 1
  - What the hell inspired that, other than Roy being a dick? -- nm - Reagen Aug 22, 09:54
thanks to the commissioner and those who assisted him, I now await his frustration with other leagues gleefully -- nm - crash davis Aug 22, 09:42
BMAC (be my alarm clock) - if you see me post after 4:50 today, tell me to get the hell out of here. - Andie Aug 22, 09:37
For those not on FB, a Despereaux update! - IrishStephen Aug 22, 09:34 8
- *looks for the LIKE button -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 22, 10:46
- best news today! btw - Max is a beauty! pretty markings -- nm - JenBro Aug 22, 10:27
- I'm glad he's doing better and congrats on your new family member. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 22, 10:08
- heh heh - good news all around I think -- nm - Epiphany Aug 22, 09:50
- You are up fyi. Not sure how many 49ers are left for you to pick though. -- nm - Shaun Aug 22, 09:42 2
  - LOTS OF THEM STILL LEFT!!! - IrishStephen Aug 22, 10:24
  - PICKS ALL OF THEM - Epiphany Aug 22, 09:49
- ah, congrats on the new addition ! -- nm - Andie Aug 22, 09:36
Theo's Holiday -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Aug 22, 09:32 [youtube] 2
- I loved Rudy as the bank owner. -- nm - Inigo Aug 22, 09:40 1
  - I can vividly remember watching this at the kitchen table during supper when it was airing the first time. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 22, 09:44
I'm proud of my Mr. Irrelevant pick. I think I picked that precisely to live up to the pick's name. -- nm - crash davis Aug 22, 09:31 12
- You should have an interesting week 4. -- nm - Reagen Aug 22, 09:56 1
  - *laughing* Congrats Spamlet! -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 22, 09:59
- So, are you saying, "The Astronauts are done!" -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 22, 09:33 9
  - Yes, the Astronauts are done! -- nm - crash davis Aug 22, 09:34 8
    - Cavemen are slightly more than halfway done! -- nm - Inigo Aug 22, 09:41 1
      - I saw, you dudes are cruising this year -- nm - crash davis Aug 22, 09:43
    - All rosters are current on Yahoo. Everyone should check to make sure that they have everybody they should have. -- nm - David Aug 22, 09:39 2
      - What I should have is people guaranteed to win. What I do have is a lot of gambles. - crash davis Aug 22, 09:41
      - There is an error. - Spawn Aug 22, 09:41
    - and ML has won the best draft trophy again -- nm - crash davis Aug 22, 09:37 2
      - His keepers win that for him every year. - Will Hunting Aug 22, 09:42 1
        
        It was also posted three hours before the draft was finished so I question the calculations. -- nm - David Aug 22, 09:47
LIR - Yeah!! lileve!! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 22, 09:30
What is a wedding? Webster's Dictionary defines it as the process of removing weeds from one's garden. -- nm - Reagen Aug 22, 09:28 1
- Your first mistake is referring to Webster, rather than Oxford. -- nm - zork Aug 22, 09:29
No, they weren't always Happy Days. Like the time Pinky Tuscadero crashed her motorcycle, or when I lost all that money to those card sharps and my - Reagen Aug 22, 09:26 1
- I don't care, this is not "Happy Days", and he is not the Fonz!!! -- nm - zork Aug 22, 09:34
I wonder how many memorable quotes come from that IGN list alone. -- nm - Shaun Aug 22, 09:23 19
- I wonder how much money Azaria and Yeardley and them make given how insanely durable it's been - Will Hunting Aug 22, 09:26 18
  - Somewhat related, do we think they'll make another Simpsons movie? -- nm - Inigo Aug 22, 09:30 2
    - Absolutely. -- nm - David Aug 22, 09:36
    - as a series closer, I'd imagine - Reagen Aug 22, 09:31
  - Fox has tried to negotiate them down like four times without success, too. -- nm - David Aug 22, 09:29 14
    - I see Yeardley's making 300k per episode.... - Will Hunting Aug 22, 09:33 13
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        first season was probably $5k at most per episode, but on the other hand, she has also been on other shows sometimes too. - zork Aug 22, 09:46 4
        
        Celebrity Net Worth thinks that all of the major cast members are worth $55-$70 million. - David Aug 22, 09:51 3
        
        I think Simon's given away that much money from the articles I've read.... - Will Hunting Aug 22, 09:53 2
        
        I'm happy he's still going strong and hasn't lost his battle. -- nm - Krusty Aug 22, 10:10
        
        Yeah, I never believe the site but it's always a fun read. -- nm - David Aug 22, 09:54
        
        easily - plus an assistant's sarary, and often additional staff. -- nm - Andie Aug 22, 09:39 3
        
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        Driver, butler, body guard, hitman... -- nm - Spawn Aug 22, 09:41 1
        
        Crank Yanker, truman, Meg, Meg - David Aug 22, 09:47
      - taxes and agent fees will take it down by maybe 30 or 40% -- nm - zork Aug 22, 09:35 2
        
        Sure... - Will Hunting Aug 22, 09:39 1
        
        I'm not arguing that it's unreasonable to think that she could be in a much better situation, but how do we know that net worth is correct? - zork Aug 22, 09:44

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