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Moj was sleeping in the bathroom sink when I left for the library at 12:30. He's just now woken up 5 hours later :/ - Meg Aug 26, 17:27 2
- So cute! -- nm - Krusty Aug 26, 17:45
- I bet that was cute to see :) -- nm - crash davis Aug 26, 17:38
Cracked made and taste tested a lot of those old timey recipes from McCall's magazine from a while back -- (link) - con_carne Aug 26, 17:22 1
- test kitchen has a couple books on recreating legacy/historic recipes, one of the gotcha issues is changes in ingredients - zeitgeist Aug 26, 18:19
Disney is on the clock in Vampirates. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 26, 17:22
i'd be up over $5 million on that other site right now, thanks in no small part to today's wondrous starbond adjusts, if it hadn't have been for ... - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 26, 17:17 3
- 9.8m up as of ten minutes ago -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 26, 17:21
- Yep, I'm up over H$10 million. -- nm - Meg Aug 26, 17:20
- those darned kids! -- nm - mara Aug 26, 17:19
Colby Rupert -- nm - con_carne Aug 26, 17:12
"The traffic stop was in response to a 911 caller who had told dispatch four black men were waiving a gun out the window of a beige- or tan-colored -- (link) - mara Aug 26, 16:58 13
- "Police admit they made a mistake but are refusing to apologize." Is there a legal reason for that? - David Aug 26, 17:01 12
  - I think 'admit they made a mistake' is a bit misleading. they obviously pulled over the wrong car, but they don't feel they made a mistake in pulling - mafic Aug 26, 17:41 2
    - The problem is that they did have a way of knowing. They had a specific car description that they ignored. -- nm - David Aug 26, 17:42 1
      - sure. seems they focused on the 'black people' part. they're doing the classic police bit of 'standard police procedure given the situation.' and - mafic Aug 26, 17:46
  - Apology indicates fault....mistake indicates error in process. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 26, 17:10 7
    - It seems like an archaic civil behavior. - David Aug 26, 17:28 6
      - i am not a lawyer, but i would think apologizing and admitting fault would make the p.d. a fat target for a civil suit....nm - x Aug 26, 17:30 5
        
        Yeah, admitting guilt is a break out the checkbook thing. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 26, 17:34
        
        And probably be precedence for everyone who isn't convicted to receive an apology settlement. -- nm - Max Aug 26, 17:32
        
        That was my point. That had been the fear in the past. Nowadays, the fear should be adding zeroes when the story goes viral. - David Aug 26, 17:32 2
        
        You all go on and sort out the public relations nuances. We'll be over here figuring out which businesses to loot -- nm - con_carne Aug 26, 17:37 1
        
        Get me a PS4. -- nm - David Aug 26, 17:43
  - I believe the legal reason is "no harm, no foul." -- nm - mara Aug 26, 17:03
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- What fresh hell is this? And is there a crowdfund for it? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 16:58
I've had too many beers on honor of my daughter. - JaxSean Aug 26, 16:54 5
- Oh christ, Mrs Jax, hide the camera!!! -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 26, 17:10 1
  - it's still in Las Vegas :) -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 26, 17:12
- time to rub your belly all over ty97 and lick Dawson's back -- nm - CQ Aug 26, 17:02
- It has to be a rollercoaster of emotions. Cheers! -- nm - Bacon Aug 26, 16:59
- "On a scale of 1 to 10, I'm soooooo drunk." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 16:55
"The USA is having so many disasters and tragedies you'd almost think it was built on thousands of ancient Indian burial grounds" -- nm - prayformojo Aug 26, 16:49 2
- Um. OK, who won the internet today? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 16:54
- *slow clap* -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 26, 16:49
Huh, Lee Pace might be the first actor on HSX that I can recall to have a perfect $250 TAG come January. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 26, 16:43 1
- Harry and Hermione (but not Ron) did briefly back in 2007. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 26, 16:45
bwhahahahaha: "Lena Dunham's Emmys dress: Where cake and sweatpants meet" - prayformojo Aug 26, 16:41 6
- On twitter, the consensus seems to be that it's a Shiny dress for a Shindig ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 16:44 5
  - Those people are idiots. To wit... -- (link) - David Aug 26, 17:03 [Image] 2
    - I notice NOTHING on loan from Harry Winston :)))) -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 26, 17:13
    - versus... -- (link) - David Aug 26, 17:04 [Image]
  - Twitter thinks it's Kaylee's dress from Firefly? -- nm - con_carne Aug 26, 17:00 1
    - That's what I was saying, yes. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 17:27
I'm having a hard time putting my finger on what I didn't like about The Winter Soldier. Something was either missing or not done right. Grade: B -- nm - prayformojo Aug 26, 16:39 3
- and whatever it was, it wasn't Evans. I think he's been terrific in both his roles this year -- nm - prayformojo Aug 26, 16:43
- really? -- nm - budice Aug 26, 16:41
- If you watch the last ~7 episodes of Agents of SHIELD now, you will really love the show. -- nm - David Aug 26, 16:40
Speaking of Cracker Barrel, yesterday's topic, I heard this conversation at the pharmacy: - David Aug 26, 16:37 1
- Tim Horton's Dark Roast intro made Canadian national news. -- nm - budice Aug 26, 16:38
Hey, our Vamps draft was moving at Astronaut speed and now so e of you are pulling a caveman! Step it back up -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Aug 26, 16:29 12
- Paging Dr. Shay, Dr. S.A. Shay. -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 26, 16:42 2
  - shay responded to email, should be picking shortly -- nm - budice Aug 26, 16:48 1
    - She did -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Aug 26, 16:49
- Cavemen draft: still not over. -- nm - David Aug 26, 16:30 8
  - As long as we are done by Friday. 3 day weekend will play havoc with our draft -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Aug 26, 16:34 7
    - If the draft isn't finished tomorrow, the commissioner will probably intervene. - David Aug 26, 16:36 3
      - Seriously, they were a few hours behind us...how are they *days* behind? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 26, 16:37 1
        
        Last year, most people used texts and the system worked perfectly. - David Aug 26, 16:39
      - Good!! I am all for that. -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Aug 26, 16:37
    - Wells, we gots that PPR League to do -- nm - budice Aug 26, 16:35 1
      - It looks like Monday afternoon is in play and that would work -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Aug 26, 16:36
    - Oh and snicker -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Aug 26, 16:34
holy crap. Jessica Alba has a startup that sells enviromentally friendly baby stuff. it just got a billion dollar valuation -- (link) - decline Aug 26, 16:16 11
- Their products get relatively positive reviews. i looked into their stuff for a while but didn't purchase anything after hearing about their trademark - kelly Aug 26, 16:50
- If she had spent just $10 million of that on Sin City tickets, nobody would have said a word. -- nm - David Aug 26, 16:26 3
  - well the good news is she probably never has to act again... -- nm - decline Aug 26, 16:27 2
    - Again? -- nm - con_carne Aug 26, 16:28 1
      - Ha! - David Aug 26, 16:29
- Those have got to be some of the most insufferable customers imaginable -- nm - con_carne Aug 26, 16:23 2
  - I know. p -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Aug 26, 16:25 1
    - SFEK. I know, put a little lead in their food and they are bitching for months -- nm - China Aug 26, 16:25
- We are going to have another crash soon, aren't we? -- nm - amoxy Aug 26, 16:17 2
  - There is revenue here. That's a plus over Snapchat. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 26, 16:18 1
    - lets hope the birthrate picks up speed then -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Aug 26, 16:23
"Why don't you lay off the Asians, Lou?" -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 16:12 1
- "I'll reduce the charges if you put your pants on!" -- nm - David Aug 26, 16:15
USC football player Josh Shaw was named in a burglary report -- (link) - budice Aug 26, 16:10
(qale will sympathize) (neighbor venting inside) - Beryllium Aug 26, 16:04 1
- Do you have a leash law there? They'd be picked up pretty quick by Animal Control down here. -- nm - Meg Aug 26, 16:40
Woo! 3rd one is up for myvegas chips - I'm in with a ticket for the sweepstakes finally - YAY -- nm - JenBro Aug 26, 15:56
don't pick Short Pass as your play style in Madden 15 Ultimate Team - they give you Johnny Manziel as your QB -- nm - crash davis Aug 26, 15:52 3
- If you choose Run and Shoot, do you get Warren Moon? -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 26, 16:02 2
  - Anthony Hernandez. -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 16:07 1
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I love this headline from TechCrunch: - David Aug 26, 15:50
Vamps: shay, Walt Disneyx2, shay -- nm - budice Aug 26, 15:48 1
- Jumpstart the draft! -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 26, 16:00
Trying to find any article at my paper that is related to tech or food that *isn't* sourced from a wire service is rather painful -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 15:46 2
- (my local paper, that is) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 15:47 1
  - yeah, papers barely have a local staff to report on council, police or even local sports much less anything investigative (cnn only buys freelance now - zeitgeist Aug 26, 17:52
Ten billion dollars for f***ing snapchat -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 15:43 3
- How does it even make money? -- nm - amoxy Aug 26, 16:17 2
  - Like that matters to Wall Street -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Aug 26, 16:19
  - They keep the virtual negatives. -- nm - David Aug 26, 16:18
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- But is his nephew okay? -- nm - David Aug 26, 15:39 4
  - Yup. "She said the police were not called because there was no respiratory impairment." -- (link) - mara Aug 26, 16:39
  - Trick question, he is his nephew! -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 26, 16:19 2
    - The doctor was *his mother*! -- nm - prayformojo Aug 26, 16:20 1
      - Thread winner. -- nm - David Aug 26, 16:24
- as opposed to his girlfriends not in LA? -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 26, 15:39
- word is 3rd degree assault -- nm - budice Aug 26, 15:36
- Bruise ring at the snap site? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 15:35
- I told ya, that NCAA is crafty. -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 15:32
MyVegas players - another 2001 chips on FB for whoever is quickest :) -- nm - JenBro Aug 26, 15:21
In celebration of National Dog Day (and since you guys like this stuff), I have a new addition... - ceregon Aug 26, 15:12 6
- oh my gosh - CEREGON!!! so good to hear from you - and that's WONDERFUL news about Oliver! Bobby is my hero ... (dusty in here) - good job! -- nm - JenBro Aug 26, 15:59
- Congrats on your new family member! Bobby sounds like an awesome dog and now he has a partner. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 26, 15:30
- nice work! -- nm - groiny Aug 26, 15:26
- Saw your FB post a while back - thanks for letting us know the latest. -- nm - Meg Aug 26, 15:23
- That's great! -- nm - kelly Aug 26, 15:19
- Very nice. And good boy, Bobby! - Kim Pine Aug 26, 15:14
Who'd have thought that giving a 9 year old a fully automatic weapon to shoot could turn out badly? -- (link) - Reagen Aug 26, 15:08 7
- I used to go there to buy lottery tickets before Ca. added Powerball. I ate there once. the burgers suck, and the fries greasy. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 26, 15:37 3
  - But you can shoot the waiter, so it's got that going for it, which is nice. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 15:41 2
    - that's a bit harsh...the cook is the one who screwed up the food, not the waiter. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 26, 15:43 1
      - The cook will get the message. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 16:08
- Everyone. All of the ones. nm - Dignan Aug 26, 15:19
- That poor kid. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 15:12
- "The sheriff says no charges will be filed in the case because Bullets and Burgers is "a licensed and legal operation," the Review-Journal writes." - Spawn Aug 26, 15:10
NYTimes declines to make an endorsement for NY governor in the upcoming democratic primary. -- (link) - znufrii Aug 26, 14:52 4
- Right now I'm not voting for governor. I don't like either candidate. -- nm - Krusty Aug 26, 15:02 3
  - You seem to never like NY politicians. Are you picky, or is there a common problem they all have? -- nm - con_carne Aug 26, 15:58 1
    - It's nothing you can't say about most politicians around the country. Too in the pocket of corporations and special interests. Claim they're - Krusty Aug 26, 16:16
  - *in the primary* -- nm - Krusty Aug 26, 15:06
MyVegas players - 2001 chips on FB from my completion of the first card today for whoever's first :) -- nm - JenBro Aug 26, 14:50 4
- Did you see I just booked two nights at the MGM Grand? May have to set an alarm to try and catch the Aria Buffet. -- nm - Meg Aug 26, 14:58 3
  - :) can't post - I'm winning crazy chips right now -- nm - JenBro Aug 26, 15:21 2
    - Crazy Fingers Jen :) -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 26, 15:45 1
      - heh heh ... it's that on line game Meg showed us - they have a thing for winning a cruise! -- nm - JenBro Aug 26, 16:01
Kate Bush comeback greeted with huge cheers -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Aug 26, 14:43 4
- I wish I was going to one of the shows :( -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 26, 14:53
- As opposed to...? nm - Dignan Aug 26, 14:49 2
  - "Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 14:59 1
    - "I was saying Boo-urns." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 15:09
Neil Young files for divorce from wife of 36 years... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 26, 14:41
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- Alternative snark: Oh no! You mean the later season episodes would seem less funny?!?! -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 14:59 1
  - Alternate-Alternative snark: Just in time to make the later season episodes actually seem funny!!! -- nm - Spawn Aug 26, 15:02
- I tried this once. By the end, I thought I was a hummingbird of some kind. -- nm - prayformojo Aug 26, 14:44
- Right around the insanity pepper one, appropriately enough. -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 14:44
Reminder...check your PBS schedule tonight for the Time Team America episode "The Lost Pueblo Village" - Meg Aug 26, 14:40 3
- 9pm here, dvr is set. Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Aug 26, 14:41 2
  - There is another episode before it...but not one I'm excited about :) -- nm - Meg Aug 26, 14:57 1
    - I'm taping that one too. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 26, 15:03
350 years ago today New Amsterdam became New York. - Krusty Aug 26, 14:40 3
- When does it become New New York? -- nm - amoxy Aug 26, 14:42 1
  - 3000 -- nm - Krusty Aug 26, 14:48
- People just liked it better that way? -- nm - spamlet Aug 26, 14:41
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Why isn't it Friday already? -- nm - Qale as Folk Aug 26, 14:35 1
- earth is slacking? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Aug 26, 14:37
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- What I'm taking from this is that I'm not fat. -- nm - Dano Aug 26, 16:57
- *throws a Higgs boson at nubby* -- nm - znufrii Aug 26, 14:34
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So ... the store had the 4 flavors of lays priced BOGO - so - 4 bags for $4.50 - so far I've tried 2 - cappucino is odd - wasabi ginger - tasty -- nm - JenBro Aug 26, 14:28
Cavemen: still not done. -- nm - David Aug 26, 14:26 3
- And life still goes on -- nm - amoxy Aug 26, 14:43
- I figured they would represent the time of the three drafts average. -- nm - Spawn Aug 26, 14:30 1
  - I made most of my picks within minutes of when they were up - groiny Aug 26, 14:31

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