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"Let the bears pay the bear tax. I pay the Homer tax" -- nm - Rollo Aug 24, 10:36
If you're reading an article that starts with "According to TMZ" stop reading, turn off your computer, go outside and plant a tree. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 10:30 2
- Because, according to TMZ, Kim Kardashian planted a tree today? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 24, 10:32 1
  - I am Groot -- nm - Bacon Aug 24, 10:35
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- The Yankees bought something? -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 10:38
- It was very nice of them to listen to Groiny. ;-) - Krusty Aug 24, 10:17
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This is probably the last season that I thought was really good -- nm - prayformojo Aug 24, 10:00 4
- I don't have FXX - what season is currently on? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 24, 10:01 3
  - Something form the 90s. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 10:02 2
    - 96 -- nm - Rollo Aug 24, 10:07 1
      - The Hank Scorpio episode is in the next 3-4 iirc. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 24, 10:20
We'll all be rich as Nazis! -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 09:42 2
- Well said, Oxford. -- nm - David Aug 24, 09:44 1
  - Dickey? Highly dubious. -- nm - Rollo Aug 24, 09:58
Suge Knight shot at Chris Brown's VMA party. -- (link) - nubby Aug 24, 09:36 5
- One other unidentified guest is in critical condition but Suge is okay....well, that's a relief :/ -- nm - Meg Aug 24, 09:43
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  - Is he allowed to call 50 Cent a bitch at this point? -- nm - nubby Aug 24, 09:38 1
    - He needs to go throw at a first pitch, then he can. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 10:21
  - 9 years after he was shot in the leg at Kanye's VMA party. -- nm - nubby Aug 24, 09:38
Anyone access Vudu through a PS3? We can't connect and wonder if a bad patch in the last day or two? -- nm - Bacon Aug 24, 09:35 2
- I can't. - Cuzzin Todd Aug 24, 09:47 1
  - You beastard -- nm - Bacon Aug 24, 09:51
Also outisde of FYF Fest I saw a young girl wearing acid washed jorts. The circle of trends is now complete. -- nm - con_carne Aug 24, 09:30
It's move in weekend. My home internet is dial up slow. Should I call comcast now do we think or give it a day or two? - Amanda Aug 24, 09:21 1
- It's Comcast internet? It should not be slow. I would try to reboot my modem (I can tell you how if you don't know) - Bacon Aug 24, 09:28
I clicked a FB news item thread. -- (link) - David Aug 24, 09:13
Hee - man describes substantial damage to his house to the reporter. She asks "what do you think about that?" - Meg Aug 24, 08:59 1
- I thought his answer would be "By the power of Grayskull..." -- nm - Dano Aug 24, 09:08
This is probably bad, but this is the first I've ever seen of what downtown Napa looks like -- nm - con_carne Aug 24, 08:58
Heh, listening to a USGS spokesman explaining rounding and how subtle differences in the numbers can cause a change from 6.0 to 6.1 - Meg Aug 24, 08:50
I'm finally giving in and buying a snowblower. The past few years we've gotten a good number of 6"+, wet snows. Do you have a recommendation? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 24, 08:47 2
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- Wooohoooo! No snow in the region for at least 2 more years! -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 24, 10:19
It's funny, because while I was driving around in CA yesterday I wondered multiple times what an earthquake would be like when driving -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 08:44 6
- Being in a moving vehicle is a pretty common way to completely miss out on a quake - con_carne Aug 24, 08:48 2
  - I was crossing the Golden Gate Bridge when the thought occurred to me. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 09:02 1
    - Now why would you go and do think like that -- nm - con_carne Aug 24, 09:20
- I was once driving during a 4.? and didn't feel a thing. -- nm - Meg Aug 24, 08:47 2
  - Hmmm. May need to get new shocks. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 08:54 1
    - Wouldn't that indicate she had pretty good shocks? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 24, 08:56
Finally, after many unnecessary seasons, True Blood stumbles to its finale tonight. -- nm - nubby Aug 24, 08:44
"He's very quite and enjoys puzzles." -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 08:36 7
- KNOXVILLE! KNOXVILLE! -- nm - David Aug 24, 08:43 5
  - Well I did knock over the Sunsphere. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 08:43 4
    - To this day I'll often say "OK, remember we're parked under the Sun Sphere" when leaving the car in a parking lot/ramp. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 24, 09:07
    - These glasses are just what I need to re-bottom these antique Coke bottles! -- nm - Roger More Aug 24, 08:47 2
      - You boys gonna buy some wigs, or not? -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 08:50 1
        
        I have obvious bias but this will always be my favorite episode. -- nm - David Aug 24, 09:05
- (quiet) -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 08:36
Gmail on my kindle fire is suddenly split screen. i can't figure out how to change it back to the single screen. does anyone here know? -- nm - kelly Aug 24, 08:32
God, the fantasy Premier League pages are nearly impossible to use. - Will Hunting Aug 24, 08:30 1
- Because Fútbol! -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 08:31
I spent the day yesterday in Arts District and Toy District. That was overwhelming - con_carne Aug 24, 08:29 2
- YDC: I forgot my punch line to the National Biscuit Company Building thing - con_carne Aug 24, 08:56
- *twitch* -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 08:30
David, do you have an email for Foley? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 24, 08:18 1
- I have an AOL email for him. Shoot me a message if you want it. -- nm - David Aug 24, 08:42
I'm sure you're all very concerned about this so I'll just tell you: I think I may have convinced patryk to go see boyhood today! -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Aug 24, 08:13 1
- I am seeing it for a second time today. -- nm - Dano Aug 24, 08:56
as of right now, the only two new fall shows I'm for sure adding to my list are Gotham and The Flash. - Reagen Aug 24, 07:51 11
- Gracepoint and Marry Me are the only two on my list. -- nm - Dano Aug 24, 08:36 3
  - I'm not sure I can take Gracepoint after Broadchurch. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 08:38 2
    - honestly, what's the point. It's not going to be better than Broadchurch. It was one of the rare seasons of TV that (mildest of spoilers)... - Mel Profit Aug 24, 09:17
    - They talked to David T about his accents and played the same clip from both series. I could see watching to see how similar/dif the characters are. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 08:55
- (Mulaney *maybe* if reviews are great) -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 08:34
- I had the EW fall preview on in the back ground and was amazed how meh it all seemed. Those are the only new ones worth it. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 08:27
- I like Will Forte so I'll check out Last Man on Earth. -- nm - Krusty Aug 24, 08:19 1
  - mid-season. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 08:34
- GFB -- nm - David Aug 24, 07:56 2
  - Hey, I'm not even adding Constantine. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 07:57 1
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I know a genuine Panaphonics when I see one. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 07:33
Cracked.com: 16 Diabolical Acts of Evil by Famous Corporations -- (link) - amoxy Aug 24, 07:25 2
- Bank of America has some serious acts of evil in their history -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 24, 11:04
- Didn't know the Bayer one, but I think the nestle one is way more nefarious than a few of the other ones. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 07:45
Cincy Archdiocese tells catholic school students/teachers not to donate to ALS During IBC as it may find stem cell research. -- (link) - MDH Aug 24, 07:07
Ebola is spread thru contact w/ bodily fluids -- (link) - budice Aug 24, 06:58
SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR opened with an estimated $6.48M -- (link) - budice Aug 24, 06:54 17
- GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY took in an estimated $17.63M this weekend -- nm - budice Aug 24, 08:00 2
  - 16.8 for TMNT. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 08:28 1
    - This is three comic book properties released in a four week span. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 08:38
- IF I STAY opened with an estimated $16.36M this weekend. -- nm - budice Aug 24, 07:12
- I haven't been following... What's the theories on why so low? Feels like it would have had a built in audience considering first was well-received. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 24, 06:57 12
  - I would have been more excited had it been released 2 years after the first one. -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Aug 24, 08:29
  - It's a sequel that no one was clamoring for, even if the original was well-received. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 24, 07:38 7
    - Yes, but even uncalled-for sequels can and do well enough from time to time. (see: Amazing Spider, The) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 24, 08:10 5
      - That's very different though. It was a reboot aimed at today's teenagers. - Roger More Aug 24, 08:24 4
        
        I would not call a Spider-Man sequel uncalled for, either. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 08:50 3
        
        Yeah, pretty much. A huge franchise is still a huge franchise -- nm - con_carne Aug 24, 09:16
        
        Yeah, there's always a huge audience for a Spider-Man movie -- nm - Roger More Aug 24, 09:01 1
        
        They have all got my $. - Spawn Aug 24, 10:22
    - This -- nm - con_carne Aug 24, 07:53
  - The first had a unique visusl style, but a mediocre story. Style alone couldnt cary. it. -- nm - TWuG Aug 24, 07:16
  - Its style was unique once, now it's just been-there-seen-that. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 24, 07:09
  - Too long is the most common. I'd add that no one cares about the stories and that all-green screen movies have moved on -- nm - Roger More Aug 24, 07:07
So Matt Prater gets a 4 game suspension for a DUI and Ray Rice only gets 2 -- (link) - amoxy Aug 24, 06:49 5
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  - Exactly. Prater is subject to an entirely different set of rules and expectations. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 24, 07:06
- 99.9% sure that it's collectively bargained. Not just the NFL's fault. NFLPA wears it too. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 24, 07:01
- So, the moral of the story, dont drink or due drugs, just beat your beat. The nfl cares. -- nm - Truman Aug 24, 06:59
- What a joke. -- nm - Krusty Aug 24, 06:52
A biker crashed into the back of a car on the highway and how he survives is incredible. -- (link) - Krusty Aug 24, 06:19 [youtube] 1
- that's insane. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 24, 06:24
I'm liking my decision to back Tottenham Hotspur as my essentially randomly selected Premier side. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 24, 06:14 7
- Ugh -- nm - J Aug 24, 06:58 6
  - Why? Seem like a solid young team. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 24, 07:02 5
    - They are. Don't mind him. Well, you will if you fully adopt the ways of the Spurs. *g* - JD Aug 24, 07:14 4
      - Heh - J Aug 24, 08:18 2
        
        Ok. So hated rivals it is. If you need us, look up. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 24, 08:40 1
        
        For now... -- nm - J Aug 24, 08:49
      - Fair enough. -- nm - Volnelk Aug 24, 07:16
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Nicki Minaj can move in ways I can't even understand. - Andie Aug 24, 05:39 2
- Remember when the video for I Want Your Sex caused an uproar? -- nm - Dano Aug 24, 08:59
- That video needed less subtlety. I couldn't understand what she was trying to express. - Will Hunting Aug 24, 05:56
6.0-magnitude earthquake hit the Napa Valley area about an hour ago. -- nm - Under the Influence Aug 24, 04:20 12
- Heh. Good thing I didn't get stranded there, I guess? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 07:49
- Isn't/wasn't Guy in that area this weekend too? -- nm - Meg Aug 24, 07:01
- Didn't feel it. About 150 miles south of me -- nm - amoxy Aug 24, 06:44
- They are saying now that it was 6.1 -- nm - zork Aug 24, 05:03 5
  - Also, there was a 6.4 in Chile yesterday -- nm - zork Aug 24, 05:04 4
    - In the name of God, why do they always show the liquor aisle. All that booze going to waste, smashed bottles covering the floor. -- nm - Under the Influence Aug 24, 06:23 3
      - its not like we're gonna cry over spilt milk now are we? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 24, 11:07
      - Becuase it's the most common place where lots of glassware is unsecured. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 24, 08:01
      - Because despite Internet freak-outery, that is usually the worst of the damage -- nm - con_carne Aug 24, 07:57
- appanretly the entire bay area got woken up and tweeted. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 24, 04:53
- Wow - znufrii Aug 24, 04:48 1
  - Couldn't remember if you were there right now or not...that's the only reason I'm out of bed before 7:00 on a Sunday morning :) -- nm - Meg Aug 24, 06:53
I'm not saying I believe it... -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Aug 23, 23:17 4
- ...But I'd consider it possible. -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Aug 23, 23:18 3
  - You think it might be Sacha? -- nm - Andie Aug 24, 04:24 2
    - It's a theory going around the web. Again, I'm not saying, "Aha! This is it," but there's a resemblance, no? - Name Withheld By Request Aug 24, 06:58
    - That would be something. -- nm - zork Aug 24, 05:40
Dr. Who (spoilers) - amoxy Aug 23, 23:09 2
- I'm with David (spoils) - CovingtonCat Aug 24, 03:49
- spoils - Peglegpete Aug 23, 23:13
Welcome to Chicago, where the Kennedy Expressway is at a standstill at....1am? -- nm - ty97 Aug 23, 23:05 1
- earlier, I tried to think a bit like you -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 23, 23:11 [Backboard]
"Since the dawn of time, man has yearned to destroy the sun..." -- nm - Reagen Aug 23, 22:44
"A *garbage*man." -- nm - Reagen Aug 23, 22:20
Looking at the "whoa" link on b2 - yeah, that's a big Internet outage. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 23, 22:13
Phineas & Ferb is also crossing over (kinda) with Lost -- (link) - Reagen Aug 23, 22:13
Carhole! -- nm - Reagen Aug 23, 22:00 1
- "One squirt and you're south of the border!" -- nm - Roger More Aug 23, 22:02
SeaTac's practically all closed, except the "Alaska Lodge" restaurant. But I'm not hungry enough to eat yet. - Beryllium Aug 23, 22:00 2
- hmmm, message there? that might explain why you couldn't confirm online -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 23, 23:00 1
  - Exactly - but then two huge questions come up: 1) how did I get a confirmation code, and 2) how did the airline check me in? I *had a boarding pass* - Beryllium Aug 24, 00:54
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!!! -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 23, 21:57

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