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*sigh*. I guess don't have to worry about squandering an early lead - JD Aug 30, 09:38
Variant covers announced for Canada's most famous hero.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 30, 09:36
Pop songs by Shakespeare. -- (link) - mara Aug 30, 09:29
V - Film Review: 'The Imitation Game’ - Benedict Cumberbatch plays Alan Turing -- (link) - budice Aug 30, 09:26
Stephen Hill cut. -- nm - David Aug 30, 09:13 7
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- Dolphins release RB Daniel Thomas -- nm - budice Aug 30, 10:04
- Jets release QB Tajh Boyd -- nm - budice Aug 30, 09:56
- Alshon Jeffery was on the board when they drafted Hill. *smh* -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 09:53 1
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- lol. For a second I thought this was Shaun Hill and was wondering what they had palnned. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 09:23 1
  - They went to the Houston Texans school of QB succession planning. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 09:27
The most ridiculous infield shift of all time. -- (link) - Tim Aug 30, 09:06 8
- Fantastic -- nm - znufrii Aug 30, 09:30
- You buried the lede! It *worked*! -- nm - David Aug 30, 09:14 2
  - The next guy apparently got a hit to end the game but still.... - Will Hunting Aug 30, 09:18 1
    - The third baseman was there too, looks like they had pulled in the center fielder - znufrii Aug 30, 09:31
- And he goes up there, swinging at an inside pitch, knowing he'll pull it right into the shift - Will Hunting Aug 30, 09:13
- This is where my understanding of baseball breaks down. The batter is entirely incapable of hitting left? -- nm - Max Aug 30, 09:10 2
  - It seems to me that pull hitting is a tendancy that can be overcome with a conscious effort on just the right pitch. He got a pitch that he couldn't - mara Aug 30, 09:14
  - Bad hitters are incapable. He's a bad hitter. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 09:13
Assuming all or most new cars have telematic devices, is it possible to find the model year that a model started having it? - mara Aug 30, 08:36
Now begins the week during which my ESPN viewership increases 800% YTD -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 08:28
Wooohoooo! Got my recursive triple encryption project to work - prayformojo Aug 30, 08:25 5
- In one post-grad course, had an exercise to calculate Fibonacci Sequence using Assembler. Their solution did it in 12 lines, got er done in 7. -- nm - budice Aug 30, 08:30
- Can I see? :-) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 08:26 3
  - If you post it between [code][/code] tags, I think ST will try to highlight it -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 08:27 2
    - it has ColdFusion and database calls, so I can't really post it easily -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 08:31 1
      - Ah. Lovely. Heheh. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 08:33
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- BREAKING: Roger Goodell fines James Harrison $1,000,000 for retiring. -- nm - budice Aug 30, 08:44
- and before he got to fulfill his dream of killing someone on the field! -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 08:13 1
  - Clowney has that covered. -- nm - budice Aug 30, 08:16
Compares the early performance of the post Manziel Texas A&M offense and the post Bortles Central Florida offense. -- nm - Dano Aug 30, 07:53 7
- It's 11:15. How are they already in the 4th? -- nm - David Aug 30, 08:13 6
  - Only the Irish can sell out Dublin. -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 30, 09:09 1
    - err, move this down one. -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 30, 09:14
  - ESPN just showed highlights. There is NO ONE at this game. -- nm - David Aug 30, 08:58
  - because Ireland -- nm - Dano Aug 30, 08:15 2
    - I bet everyone is rooting for coach O'Brien. -- nm - David Aug 30, 08:37
    - Yup, it was odd being up at 5am to watch the game when ND played Navy in Dublin two years ago. -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 30, 08:26
NFL cuts: Browns cut WR Nate Burleson -- nm - budice Aug 30, 07:06 43
- Broncos release DT Kevin Vickerson.. Vickerson started 11 games last season -- nm - budice Aug 30, 09:35
- QB Mike Kafka. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 08:26 3
  - although he wasn't told why. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 08:39 2
    - Someone must have slandered Mike K., because without having done anything wrong, one morning he was cut. -- nm - mara Aug 30, 09:05
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- Patriots have released second year WR Josh Boyce out of TCU. Was a 4th round pick. -- nm - budice Aug 30, 08:15
- Giants place WR Mario Manningham, KR Trindon Holliday on season-ending IR. -- nm - budice Aug 30, 08:06
- ions cut ties with RB Mikel Leshoure -- nm - budice Aug 30, 08:05 1
  - Lions cut ties with RB Mikel Leshoure -- nm - budice Aug 30, 08:05
- This is the time we find out if my QV team survives the roster cuts. -- nm - Dano Aug 30, 07:28 23
  - heh -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 30, 07:38 7
    - If Kaep gets injured im screwed, since my only other QB is Schaub... - IrishStephen Aug 30, 07:39 6
      - There's still one starting QB out there. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 08:03 5
        
        Carr? -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 08:22 4
        
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        How deep are the benches? -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 08:24 2
        
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        Ah, that makes more sense. Cool one. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 08:27
  - what is QV, another league? -- nm - budice Aug 30, 07:32 14
    - Quo Vadimus, a Keeper League of DOOM that's been running since 2001. - Tim Aug 30, 07:39 12
      - Isn't that more of a dynasty league then? -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 07:48
      - That's a tough league. Sounds like fun but hard. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 07:43 5
        
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        Who has Josh Gordon in the league? -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 07:56 1
        
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        It rewards patience and fanaticism. I no longer had both so I think my team went to ML. -- nm - Tim Aug 30, 07:47 1
        
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      - which leads to fist fights over the 5th guy on a depth chart. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 07:40 4
        
        "This guy might start in 3 years, so I'll take him in the second round." -- nm - Tim Aug 30, 07:41 3
        
        Toby Gerhart! - David Aug 30, 08:03 2
        
        Did you see my collected draft post from last night? - Reagen Aug 30, 08:10 1
        
        I did. That's how I knew about Gerhart! -- nm - David Aug 30, 08:11
    - It is an ultra-keeper league Rollo created. There are no in-season pick-ups. -- nm - David Aug 30, 07:38
- Redskins cut RB Lache Seastrunk -- nm - budice Aug 30, 07:18 7
  - What of Quatro Quatro? -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 08:00 1
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  - There were some scouts who thought he was the best back in this draft. -- nm - David Aug 30, 07:37
  - Hopefull the Seahawks pick him up. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 07:20 3
    - A lot of teams are going to go after him. A popular Jets blog's top story is that they should pick him up. - Krusty Aug 30, 07:22 2
      - Seastrunk Seahawk - Spawn Aug 30, 07:24 1
        
        Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 07:26
- Giants cut QB Curtis Painter -- nm - budice Aug 30, 07:12 1
  - Let us know if a CB gets cut. Any CB. Seriously. -- nm - NY Jets Aug 30, 07:15
Amazon customer service. But do thry deliver to Valhalla? -- (link) - Dano Aug 30, 06:54
Have you ever fired your gun up in the air and gone "arrrgh!"? -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 06:54 7
- Have you ever fired two guns whilst jumping through the air? -- nm - mara Aug 30, 07:01 6
  - And let the kickback spin me round like I just didn't care. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 07:23 5
    - ... you've seen Hot Fuzz, right? Cuz I don't remember this line ... -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 07:31 4
      - Ah. One time. I do not remember any lines from it. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 08:23 3
        
        That's a travesty. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 08:24 2
        
        Since Logan was born there are only a handful of movies I have viewed multiple times. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 08:31 1
        
        You should watch it and Cuban Fury as a double header. -- nm - Max Aug 30, 08:42
Roald Dahl draft spills Charlie and the Chocolate Factory secrets -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Aug 30, 05:36
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- *shudders at The Believers* I have no idea if it's as scary as I remember, but I'm not gonna take the chance to find out. - Inigo Aug 30, 06:30 4
  - You know, my family still argues over the ending to this day! (spoilers) - IrishStephen Aug 30, 06:53
  - Coincidence that "The Believers" and "The Unbelievers" are being released on the same day? -- nm - nubby Aug 30, 06:46 2
    - ~girl you and I will die unbelievers~ -- nm - Tim Aug 30, 07:46
    - That's hard to believe. -- nm - zunk via drone Aug 30, 06:50
Wake up -- nm - prayformojo Aug 30, 04:50 2
- Go Burnley -- nm - JD Aug 30, 04:57
- *smacks pfm on top of his head* - Cuzzin Todd Aug 30, 04:52
"So you're a bounty hunter." "That ain't it at all." "So what are you?" "I'm a bounty hunter." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 00:06
I spent part of tonight talking to people who described that they drank so much that they almost ran over medians. - ty97 Aug 29, 23:49 4
- Nothing wrong with that as long as they dodge the cars in the road. -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 00:00
- Are you still in Texas? -- nm - Epiphany Aug 29, 23:50 2
  - I am. -- nm - ty97 Aug 29, 23:51 1
    - anybody collecting your mail? -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 00:23
So, i watched a movie called The American. I'd rate it maybe a B or a B-. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 29, 23:38
Wow. Defiance season end really kicked it up a few notches. -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 23:21
Bery. So we are staying at the Century Plaza Hotel & Spa in Vancouver B.C. after our cruise. - Bacon Aug 29, 22:38 9
- That's where we usually stay. It's pretty decent. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 29, 22:45 8
  - Cool, thx for the info -- nm - Bacon Aug 29, 22:54 7
    - at night -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 29, 23:26 [flickr] 3
      - (that's a photo taken from inside century plaza, of a tower called Sheraton Wall, afaik) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 29, 23:27
      - also at night -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 29, 23:26 [flickr] 1
        
        I guess I picked the right place -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Aug 29, 23:38
    - like so -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 29, 23:20 [flickr] 1
      - that looks like a toy city -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Aug 29, 23:21
    - Depending what floor you get, the view is alright -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 29, 23:19 [flickr]
Angels now with 3-game lead in AL West -- nm - budice Aug 29, 22:04
Chris O'Dowd's IBC made me laugh. -- (link) - kelly Aug 29, 21:39 5
- Did you see Donald Trump's? -- (link) - Meg Aug 29, 21:45 4
  - Heh. Hair is real! - kelly Aug 29, 22:20 1
    - I suspect that's why he did it. So is this photo fake, or has he had implants or something since then? -- (link) - mara Aug 30, 07:02 [Image]
  - De he just say he "owns" Ms America and Ms USA? -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 22:05 1
    - Possibly, but he likely meant the pageants and not the women themselves. But who knows what he tells himself. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 29, 22:24
REB2 nubby dumbness. (big ASM2 spoil) - Spawn Aug 29, 21:18 13
- Incorrect. (same spoil) - nubby Aug 29, 21:44 12
  - Agreed, but the final point was need to drive it home. They removed it, leaving an out. -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 21:49 11
    - I'm lost. -- nm - nubby Aug 29, 21:51 9
      - The how of it. spoil - Spawn Aug 29, 21:57 8
        
        I disagree. (spoiler) - nubby Aug 29, 22:03 7
        
        The difference is between "if I hadn't known her, she'd be alive" and - TWuG Aug 30, 07:11 2
        
        Are you forgetting? (movie spoils)... - Inigo Aug 30, 07:59
        
        hmm. -- nm - kelly Aug 30, 07:33
        
        it's a big difference. Spawn is right. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 29, 22:15 3
        
        Never, ever say that about anything. Even if he is right -- nm - amoxy Aug 29, 22:16 2
        
        you know the odds of him being right again are more than astronomical :) -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 29, 22:17 1
        
        Never tell me the odds! -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 23:21
    - And by final point, I mean what they tweaked. -- nm - Spawn Aug 29, 21:50
High Five to Cuzzin Todd. I am not a Wes Andersen either. There is smugness and then there is Wes Andersen smugness -- nm - amoxy Aug 29, 21:16 1
- If he founded a country, cloying smugness would be its chief export, yes. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 29, 21:30
nubby, I liked Amazing Spidey 2 better than 1, but it still was not that good of a movie -- nm - amoxy Aug 29, 21:15 1
- Basically everything in this -- (link) - Reagen Aug 29, 21:46
food coma. Burrito and Fried Rice/Chow Mein/Honey Garlic Chicken for dinner. - Beryllium Aug 29, 21:11 1
- no cinnabonpizza? -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 29, 21:29
drink all day and rock all night. the law come to get ya if you don't walk right. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 29, 20:58 1
- YOU can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning (doyle's St Pat's tshirt) -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 02:13

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