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is The November Man expected to be any good? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 29, 16:13 2
- I want to say the sequel has already been greenlit. -- nm - Remlik Aug 29, 16:24
- I don't think it's expected to be. Labor Day, Brosnan stunt-casting, etc -- nm - Roger More Aug 29, 16:16
Jake Roberts update...is awake and talking to family. Doctors found a mass in his skull tests are being done -- nm - Remlik Aug 29, 16:09
Aldon Smith only got what? -- nm - Josh Gordon Aug 29, 16:00
We're moving again in QV - R -- nm - Rollo Aug 29, 15:58 1
- Yeah. Sorry. I can't get online during the day easily. At least I'm done now. -- nm - Dano Aug 29, 16:06
bleargh. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 29, 15:54
this t-shirt touches all the copyrights -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 29, 15:31 1
- whereas this one touches all the feels -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 29, 15:32
Texas Rangers will use their 59th and 60th different player over the weekend. MLB record. -- nm - budice Aug 29, 15:19
Eli Manning is doing an AMA. To the question, have you ever been starstruck, his answer: - Reagen Aug 29, 15:11 5
- The sad part is, the guy was not even K-Fed. -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 15:54 1
  - Maybe it was Joey Fatone. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 29, 15:57
- Oh my gawd -- nm - Epiphany Aug 29, 15:35 2
  - And didn't Eli date Brit Brit for a while? -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 16:02 1
    - maybe the autograph was for a divorce -- nm - Beryllium Aug 29, 16:03
Rams cut 17 players today, 5 to go. Michael Sam still with the team. -- (link) - budice Aug 29, 15:09
Bugatti owner [IMO rightfully] faces prison -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 29, 15:07 10
- Is the prison sentence related to the car sabotage? Because this article is really badly written. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 29, 15:16 9
  - Yes. I had to follow links in the article to figure it out, but he insured it for twice its value then trashed it. -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 15:20 2
    - Okay, thanks. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 29, 15:20
    - 20 years seems a bit excessive for that, so I'm sure it'll get knocked down some. 5 months in minsec? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 29, 15:20
  - I think calling it an article is an injustice to actual articles -- nm - Beryllium Aug 29, 15:19 5
    - Okay, this third-grade writing assignment is really poorly written. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 29, 15:20 4
      - Yo, step off, Holmes. -- nm - 3rd-grader si Aug 29, 15:21 3
        
        Do third graders say "Holmes"? (And if they did, I'm pretty sure they'd say "homes") -- nm - Roger More Aug 29, 15:39 2
        
        Well-read ones do. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 29, 15:41 1
        
        If they're that well-read, they'd realize it's straight-up white-washing! -- nm - Roger More Aug 29, 15:47
We've now reached The Simpsons Movie. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 29, 15:01 5
- Lucky you! - David Aug 29, 15:06 3
  - "For once, the rich white man is in control!" -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 15:13 1
    - It's funny because it's true! -- nm - Rupert Murdoch si Aug 29, 15:36
  - I'm so happy that the movie turned out so great. - Krusty Aug 29, 15:12
- ~on the big screen~ -- nm - con_carne Aug 29, 15:01
This was fun, you should try it with your SO. At dinner tonight, I played 20 questions w/Heather to see if she could figure out what the #1 worldwide - prayformojo Aug 29, 14:46 3
- This game wouldn't even need hints in our household. :) -- nm - David Aug 29, 14:52
- 35 tries to guess (spoilers) isn't too bad - Beryllium Aug 29, 14:51
- (though she ruled out Transformers between questions 6 and 7 b/c she thought she remembered it bombing during its opening) -- nm - prayformojo Aug 29, 14:51
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The Gilbert Gottfried remix of Fancy that you've all been looking for -- (link) - Reagen Aug 29, 14:33 5
- look, i'm sorry about the mite story!....nm - x Aug 29, 14:44 2
  - L3 -- nm - Max Aug 29, 17:14
  - "This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to survive it." -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 14:48
- 1 -- nm - budice Aug 29, 14:34 1
  - Gilbert Gottfried rates at least a 3 on the scare scale -- nm - Beryllium Aug 29, 14:39
Senegal confirms first case of ebola -- (link) - zeitgeist Aug 29, 14:19 1
- 6. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 29, 14:32
OITNB finale spoils - Reagen Aug 29, 13:59 2
- The soundtrack nails it...spoils - budice Aug 29, 14:21
- Run Nuns Run! - amoxy Aug 29, 14:00
Canadian Lancaster Bomber grounded ahead of Bournemouth Air Festival -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Aug 29, 13:55
Judge Dismisses Chris McDaniel's Runoff Challenge -- (link) - ty97 Aug 29, 13:51
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- Goodell will puss out on this one now that he looked tough yesterday. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 29, 14:17
- it's the friday of labor day weekend. they've learned their political lessons well...nm - x Aug 29, 13:42 1
  - well played for sure, same for Tony Stewart -- nm - budice Aug 29, 13:46
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- He goes through those ligaments like Alonzo Mourning goes through kidneys. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 29, 14:16
3 things you didn't know about the mites that live on your face..... - x Aug 29, 13:24 10
- Face Mite is my favorite Chaotic Butt album. nm - Dignan Aug 29, 13:43
- mites causing rosacea is interesting. -- nm - Max Aug 29, 13:39
- Everyone now feels itchy. -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 13:27 4
  - I think this is hyde's scorched earth revenge for all the draft postings -- nm - prayformojo Aug 29, 14:17
  - I won't even click on the original post. no way. not that dumb! -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Aug 29, 13:29 2
    - It's not like they are botfly larvae. Sheesh. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 29, 13:29 1
      - (I'm just joking, not judging. Trying to cut back on twitter. having withdrawals.) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 29, 13:32
- I was just reading about some of these things awhile ago. - Scoish Velociraptor Maloish Aug 29, 13:26 2
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    - people have about ten times more bacterial cells than human cells. there are no humans, only human-bacteria symbionts...nm - x Aug 29, 13:39
Andie and pfm have (yummy) email. -- nm - kelly Aug 29, 13:16 3
- baked french toast is the freaking *bomb.* -- nm - peggy ann mcamanda Aug 29, 13:24
- good grief this sounds good - prayformojo Aug 29, 13:19 1
  - Yw! -- nm - kelly Aug 29, 13:27
RM: end of a series is what I'm thinking. - Reagen Aug 29, 13:05 19
- I figured - it was the pattern with Return of the King. Matrix Revolutions is the counter-argument, but I really doubt interest has waned that much. -- nm - Roger More Aug 29, 13:14 17
  - as much as we knock Jackson for dragging it out, people have stuck with it. -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 13:18 16
    - I have not seen any of the hobbit films -- nm - Beryllium Aug 29, 13:20 15
      - i am foolishly recording the second one off hbo very soon.... - x Aug 29, 13:25 12
        
        The second one is so so so long and so so so boring. - Scoish Velociraptor Maloish Aug 29, 13:27 11
        
        Agreed, and it was very disappointing - amoxy Aug 29, 13:58
        
        i feel like maybe i'll watch it in 15 minute chunks....nm - x Aug 29, 13:36 9
        
        See you in January! -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 13:42 8
        
        oh crap. when does the next damn one come out?...nm - x Aug 29, 13:43 7
        
        December. Jackson can always film the Silmarillion next. -- nm - Scoish Velociraptor Maloish Aug 29, 13:44 6
        
        "Tolkien's Grocery List: In Five Parts" -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 13:46 5
        
        in which the hobbits talk some, then walk some, then talk some more....nm - x Aug 29, 13:53 3
        
        And then they "share the load" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 29, 13:55 2
        
        "Damn it, Sam! I told you not to get 5 pounds of sugar free Gummi Bears!" -- nm - TWuG Aug 29, 15:16 1
        
        Weaponized gummi bears. Exactly the sort of outside-middle-earth thinking we need in order to defeat Sauron! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 29, 15:18
        
        "Audiobook Narrated By Ian McKellan" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 29, 13:49
      - With the two films spanning roughly 129 hours, statistically speaking I find that hard to believe -- nm - prayformojo Aug 29, 13:21 1
        
        ... I couldn't make it all the way through! -- nm - 127 hours guy si Aug 29, 13:29
- (Mockingjay is a bit of a wild card based on how much foreign box office is growing) -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 13:08
Aaaand...the market held and closed on the up side. -- nm - Meg Aug 29, 13:05
Pippy, yes. CFB = College Football -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 29, 13:03 6
- thank you kind sir. I am not a fan of CB. I need the mean action. - Epiphany Aug 29, 13:49 1
  - It's like watching a bunch of amatuers play. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 29, 13:59
- at yahoo? -- nm - ty97 Aug 29, 13:05 3
  - Yes, link and league info inside. - IrishStephen Aug 29, 13:19 2
    - One more dumb question - ty97 Aug 29, 13:43 1
      - We're picking against the spread. -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 29, 13:47
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- smacking your wife/gf is now 6 games. STIS&F: WTH did this guy do to get 9? (I'm sure you guys know.) -- nm - Diva Aug 29, 13:04 15
  - 4 games for substance abuse (DUIs), 5 for the personal conduct policy. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 29, 13:41 1
    - smh -- nm - Diva Aug 29, 13:42
  - Two DUIs and felony gun charges. -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 29, 13:17 1
    - actually, the gun charges were reduced to a misdemeanor, and there were no charges filed on the "bomb threat" -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 29, 13:22
  - Didn't he also threaten to blow up a plane? -- nm - amoxy Aug 29, 13:07 7
    - Supposedly, but I think it was dropped. -- nm - Scoish Velociraptor Maloish Aug 29, 13:09
    - this is like when I never know if ST is messing with me. -- nm - Diva Aug 29, 13:08 5
      - Would I mess with you Diva?? - amoxy Aug 29, 13:57 1
        
        it was more a comment on the misbegotten behaviors of the aforementioned Mr. Smith. -- nm - Diva Aug 29, 14:02
      - He's not. That really happened. -- nm - David Aug 29, 13:19
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        OFFFS. -- nm - Diva Aug 29, 13:10
  - Repeat offender. -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 13:06
  - Hit one and a half women. -- nm - Reagen Aug 29, 13:06 1
    - you're ignant. but in a good way. -- nm - Diva Aug 29, 13:06
- here -- (link) - Spawn Aug 29, 13:04
- While this undoubtedly hurts the 49ers, I applaud this suspension. -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 29, 13:02 2
  - Yeah. That and Bowman out is the reason I did not draft the SF Defense last night - amoxy Aug 29, 13:59
  - me too. - Epiphany Aug 29, 13:49
- And he seemed like such a fine upstanding young man. -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 13:02
Question for the numbers nerds: How are Guardian's legs? - Dignan Aug 29, 12:59 11
- not as good as the legs on Thanos' daughters -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 29, 13:04 2
  - Well put. Very well put. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 29, 13:13
  - "Yes sir, I'll have her home by 11:00." nm - North Sector Kree High School Prom King Aug 29, 13:06
- Impressive. Winter Soldier threw away money by not being released in summer. -- nm - David Aug 29, 13:02
- able to leap tall buildings in a single bound...nm - x Aug 29, 13:02
- They're real, and they're spectacular. -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 13:01
- Solid. Better than other Marvel films -- nm - Roger More Aug 29, 13:01 4
  - I just noticed it delisted at $251, which was predicted to be extremely unlikely. nm - Dignan Aug 29, 13:04 3
    - For sure. It delisted at 2.67 * its opening weekend, For comparison... - Roger More Aug 29, 13:08 2
      - This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks. nm - Dignan Aug 29, 13:44
      - I made a tidy, tidy H$ sum shorting it after adjust letting it work itself down and then going long again. Tidy. -- nm - Diva Aug 29, 13:15
YDC: Tuesday marked ten years since I went to Florida for a work excursion. - Tim Aug 29, 12:57 1
- Sounds like a (mostly) great experience. Those are the memories to hold on to. -- nm - Meg Aug 29, 13:04
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- Butch Baccala just found out what happens when you fuck with the Jesus. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 29, 13:38
- If the scout had the ice cream sandwich delivered to the dugout, he should be fired from whatever team he's working for. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 29, 13:15 5
  - That team would be the Seattle Mariners. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 29, 13:36 2
    - The primary job of scouts is to develop scouting reports on their own guys. - David Aug 29, 14:27
    - I'd imagine they'd have people in the stands at their own place to scout other teams' guys... - Will Hunting Aug 29, 14:18
  - Yup -- nm - Krusty Aug 29, 13:22
  - Agreed. -- nm - David Aug 29, 13:16
- I guess he wasn't in good humor. (ba dump bump) -- nm - Was Bar Was Aug 29, 13:14
- I guess this is not the Jesus when people say "What would Jesus do" -- nm - amoxy Aug 29, 13:08
- "Montero armed himself with a bat and the sandwich..." -- nm - Diva Aug 29, 13:02 1
  - If it were an action movie, I wonder what his pre-mortem one-liner would be? "What would YOU do for a Klondike Bar?" -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 29, 13:17 [Image]
- if i ever get superpowers, i'm calling myself the heckling scout....nm - x Aug 29, 13:00
- "Jesus! You throw like a girl!" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 29, 12:58

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