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wow, Yahoo really spit the bit on the ML draft. I don't have any of the players I drafted on my team -- nm - crash davis Aug 24, 21:15 2
- You left at just the right time. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 24, 21:22
- The same player is even on more than one team. It is FUBAR. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 21:19
apparently a Burger King/Tim Horton's merger is in the works. -- (link) - mafic Aug 24, 21:15 1
- Heh. Isn't that the same reason Wendy's bought it? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 21:16
It occurs to me, while processing my Golden Gate Bridge photos from yesterday, that the sun was on the other side. - Beryllium Aug 24, 21:12
IBC: Bully Ray and Velvet Sky do it.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 24, 20:58 [youtube]
" 'This is a picture of when I was younger.' -- Every picture of you is when you were younger." -- nm - Qale Aug 24, 20:53
Original locations of 15 famous food chains. -- (link) - Mop Aug 24, 20:48 2
- I've eaten at that Hooters a few months ago, and I never knew that about Burger King here. I'll have to find out where that is. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 24, 21:11
- pizza hut *and* white castle? wichita can just go straight to hell. -- nm - mafic Aug 24, 20:52
I'll say it. I'm still not liking Doctor Who. But Capaldi is an able actor so I'll stick with it. - Mop Aug 24, 20:38
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- Done. -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 24, 20:46
- Whoa! Anyway, I photoed my team. Let me know if you need it. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 20:39 3
  - You'll probably need it. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 24, 20:44 2
    - Oh shit the wife beater is now on my team!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOO -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Aug 24, 20:58 1
      - Yeah, I ended up with bunch of SF players in spite of my "NO 49s RULE". I even - trish Aug 24, 21:21
Iggy Azalea falling off the stage is not pretty. That had to hurt. (It was embedded on FB no link though Google will have it) -- nm - MDH Aug 24, 20:28 2
- She's not hiding from it. She uploaded the video to her own Instagram. -- (link) - Mop Aug 24, 20:36 1
  - That didn't look so fancy. -- nm - Dano Aug 24, 20:38
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We're deep into the golden age of the Simpsons now. Season 8 seemed to have every episode end with a big finish. - Mop Aug 24, 20:23
Left Chicago at 1:45 this morning. Now rolling into brother's town - ty97 Aug 24, 20:10 8
- before you go to bed go help Groiny move -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Aug 24, 20:59 1
  - (brother's town is Texas) -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 21:09
- 500 Spawn Points - Spawn Aug 24, 20:57
- Evergreen Park? -- nm - Mop Aug 24, 20:26
- Ugh - there was I time I used to do things like that....about 50 years ago :/ -- nm - Meg Aug 24, 20:12
- Someone should invent a way to travel by air -- nm - con_carne Aug 24, 20:11 2
  - Yep, we can transport cars in ferries and trains...why not in airplanes? -- nm - Meg Aug 24, 20:14
  - You create an economical way to airlift a u-haul and an Acura and you wi be rich my friend - ty97 Aug 24, 20:13
So I'm not in landbeck's top two favorite physicists. - moneybags nubby Aug 24, 20:09 3
- do geophysicists count? -- nm - mafic Aug 24, 20:09 2
  - Do they ever, for anything? -- nm - moneybags nubby Aug 24, 20:11 1
    - no. even geologists don't take them seriously. -- nm - mafic Aug 24, 20:53
"The, uh, best damn pet shop in town!" -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 20:06 1
- *holds up drink* "YEAH!!!" -- nm - David Aug 24, 20:11
Netflix hit hard as ‘Orange’ becomes second-most-pirated show in world -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 24, 19:44 1
- Ironic, since Netflix was supposed to be the new pirating -- nm - con_carne Aug 24, 20:06
I wish The City of New York vs Homer Simpson wasn't airing at 3 a.m. - Brian Aug 24, 19:43 3
- They are showing every episode in their full, pre-syndicated version. It'll be just like the original. -- nm - Krusty Aug 24, 20:10
- Sure, if all you focus on are the pimps and the C.H.U.D.s, you're gonna have a bad opinion. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 19:47 1
  - ewwwwwwwww. I'll take a crab juice. -- nm - mafic Aug 24, 19:53
Walt, what are you doing? She's choking! You can't just leave her! -- nm - David Aug 24, 19:41 1
- You're not just watching Breaking Bad for the first time now, are you? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 24, 20:39
As we head to Labor Day weekend (already!) it's time to update my Top 10 for the year. - Dano Aug 24, 19:38
We just move one space at a time. It's less fun that way. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 19:37
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- At least some good cam of the autobidding. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 24, 19:38 6
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    - Looking at twitter, someone really needs to make a note of what the rosters should be. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 24, 19:45 4
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        How close is the auction to actually being over? - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 24, 20:21 1
        
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        this is yahoo's version of the facebook emotional experimentation. - mafic Aug 24, 19:55
Favorite Simpsons "A" character? A characters regularly carry plot lines. - Rollo Aug 24, 19:35 14
- Moe -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 24, 20:52
- Eat my shorts! -- nm - Qale Aug 24, 20:49
- jessica -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 24, 20:47
- Sideshow Bob -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 20:40
- I have a soft spot for Flanders -- nm - jaxSean Aug 24, 19:49
- Skinner -- nm - con_carne Aug 24, 19:46 1
  - "You got an ex-Green Beret mad." -- nm - David Aug 24, 19:49
- Chuck Burns -- nm - prayformojo Aug 24, 19:45
- I think it depends on how you define regularly. Homer is my favorite Simpson. Comic Book Guy is my choice if he is "A". -- nm - David Aug 24, 19:44
- Maggie. -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 24, 19:42
- Mr. Burns. -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 19:40
- Homer ;-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 24, 19:40
- Homer is the entire engine of the show so him. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 24, 19:39
- Lisa. -- nm - nubby Aug 24, 19:37
"Yes, I'd like to send this letter to the Prussian consulate in Siam via aeromail. am I too late for the 4:30 autogyro?" -- nm - mafic Aug 24, 19:31
Anybody else watching "Outlander?" -- nm - Under the Influence Aug 24, 19:28 5
- yep. it's making me want to read the books. -- nm - Diva Aug 25, 06:00
- I'm absolutely loving it. With the books so long, they're having to leave some things out -- nm - trish Aug 24, 21:59
- Yes. It's missing some element but I can't put my finger on what. But the books are amazing -- nm - Epiphany Aug 24, 20:13 1
  - spoiler--what's missing - trish Aug 24, 22:05
- Never mind. I'm 2 weeks behind here in Canada. -- nm - Under the Influence Aug 24, 19:49
And I just got booted and it's not showing that the league is currently drafting... - IrishStephen Aug 24, 19:16 8
- It seems to be a widespread problem. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 24, 19:17 6
  - FTR, widespread problem = you, me, and Trish. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 24, 19:20 5
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      - I would suggest that you don't close the draft app at the end. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 24, 19:36
      - Yeah, something is very screwed up on their end; according to my team page, my roster is full, and with a mix of players I did draft, and ones I - IrishStephen Aug 24, 19:36 2
        
        It also shows some players on multiple teams. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 24, 19:39
        
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- And i'm getting the same thing...that i'm over my roster limits -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 24, 19:17
My daughter and I enjoyed our trip to Chicago Comic Con. Though calling it a *comic* con is a HUGE stretch. - TWuG Aug 24, 19:15 9
- There was something wrong this year as far as artists go. I have been to the con as well as C2E2 and they both have their advantages. -- nm - Spawn Aug 24, 20:46
- C2E2 is fun, but it's a LOT of media people with a LOT of comics. they do it right -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 19:28 1
  - I just looked at the 2014 guest list and the Comics people outnumber the media guests, but not by a lot. - TWuG Aug 24, 19:34
- many many years ago, 2 of the 3 founders were scifi book dealers -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 24, 19:26 2
  - I think 2 of the 3 founders will always have been scifi book dealers. -- nm - mafic Aug 24, 19:28 1
    - the 3'rd owned a comic book store. he was one of the early ones -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 24, 19:45
- And apparently there is an actor who purposefully goes by the name Booboo Stewart. A grown damn man going by Booboo. -- nm - TWuG Aug 24, 19:21 2
  - He apparently has a sister named Trent who goes by Fivel. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 24, 19:32
  - all I can picture is Monte Burns saying this. -- nm - mafic Aug 24, 19:28
"No society in all of human history has ever considered hydrogeologist 'a calling'." -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 19:14
You Only Move Twice doesn't really work in a 9/11 world. There. I've said it. - Mop Aug 24, 19:06 5
- that might be one of the only scenes of explicit murder in the entire series (aside from I&S and treehouses of horror). -- nm - mafic Aug 24, 19:13
- We watch it at least once a month. -- nm - David Aug 24, 19:10 3
  - Why do you hate America? -- nm - Mop Aug 24, 19:13 1
    - Republicans, mostly. -- nm - David Aug 24, 19:45
  - You monsters! -- nm - nubby Aug 24, 19:12
ML, I got booted and can't rejoin. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 24, 19:04 12
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  - I can't.My team page says I'm over max roster size. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 24, 19:06 10
    - And it happened just as you restarted after Spawn's break. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 24, 19:08 6
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        I figured as much. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 24, 19:13 4
        
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        I'm actually not a fan of that Decker pick. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 24, 19:17 1
        
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      - Is there any chance someone can post the actual draft url? - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 24, 19:09 1
        
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~Everybody dance now~ -- nm - budice Aug 24, 18:59
I love my brother's parent honed remote control skills. From @Midnight to Winnie the Pooh in a blink of an eye when my niece unexpectedly shows - JD Aug 24, 18:53
We work hard, we play hard. - nubby Aug 24, 18:48 2
- oh be nice! -- nm - Tim Aug 24, 19:15
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Colorized photo of Atlantic City beach, 1905 -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 24, 18:43 7
- That's beautiful. Some of the best photo colorization I've ever seen. -- nm - Mop Aug 24, 19:08
- God only knows how much I love you. -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 24, 18:53 3
  - when the working day is done... -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 18:54
  - (or...what I'd be without you.) - Kim Pine Aug 24, 18:54 1
    - Allow me to link to the best videogame moment of all time. -- (link) - David Aug 24, 19:03 [youtube]
- Moments later, Booker and Elizabeth arrived and the situation turned grim. -- nm - David Aug 24, 18:47 1
  - This is also your periodic reminder that couples in Bioshock Infinite cosplay is kind of creepy. -- nm - Tim Aug 24, 19:16
"Even Broadway." -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 18:41 1
- "They ruined all our best names like Bruce and Lance and Julian. Those were the toughest names we had" (nm) - Brian Aug 24, 18:50
Groiny, saw your FB post about the shooting. God doesn't want you to live there anymore., - Andie Aug 24, 18:40
Beaker x 2 and then back to me -- nm - znufrii Aug 24, 18:31
"Poochie Was Killed On The Way To His Home Planet" -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 18:31 7
- "So, you want a realistic, down-to-earth show... that's completely off-the-wall and swarming with magic robots?" (nm) - Brian Aug 24, 18:33 6
  - "One kid really likes the muscle man..." -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 18:35 5
    - "My knob tastes funny." nm - ralph wiggum Aug 24, 18:46 4
      - "please refrain from tasting the knob." -- nm - mafic Aug 24, 18:57
      - You just gotta work blue, huh? -- nm - Reagen Aug 24, 18:47 2
        
        I yam who I yam. nm - ralph wiggum Aug 24, 18:59
        
        always make the dick joke. -- nm - mafic Aug 24, 18:57
ISTAY 100,000 long H$0.01 H$44.16 H$0.80 (-1. 78%) H$4,416,000.00 4,415,000.00 (441,500.00% ) - Will Hunting Aug 24, 18:28
Six Feet Under Season 5 Episode 2 (spoilers) - amoxy Aug 24, 18:23
Amber Rose's VMA dress looks very uncomfortable to sit in. -- nm - Andie Aug 24, 18:21
Poochie! -- nm - Tim Aug 24, 18:12
And Walt is meeting a new business partner at Los Pollos Hermanos! - David Aug 24, 18:12 3
- I hope that if it goes sour, he's able to save face. -- nm - nubby Aug 24, 18:13 2
  - oh I think he'll be able to keep an eye on things. -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 18:14 1
    - *Ding* *Ding* *Ding* *Ding* -- nm - Tio Aug 24, 18:25
Guys, I have great news about Breaking Bad. Jesse has met a girl named Jane, and he thinks she could be the one! -- nm - David Aug 24, 18:07 2
- aw, I hope it works out for those two crazy kids. -- nm - mafic Aug 24, 18:09
- That's about as likely as a plane falling out of the sky. -- nm - nubby Aug 24, 18:08
Home from a fun local performance of Gypsy....so hope this company lasts for a while. -- nm - Meg Aug 24, 18:06
the Action #1 on ebay sold for $3.2M and change -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 24, 18:05 2
- dang. -- nm - Remlik Aug 24, 18:14 1
  - Well at least you had the "change" part. :) -- nm - Under the Influence Aug 24, 18:22

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