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- Here's a non-paywall version -- (link) - spamlet Sep 23, 07:48 2
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  - He's earned it, everyday guy. -- nm - budice Sep 23, 07:50
Frogs. Worms on smartphone. Watch. -- (link) - Andie Sep 23, 07:39
New TV Season Monday: Gotham B/B+ish good not great yet - Scorpion B+ (F for the solution), BBT still A, SH and Blacklist watching tonight - Capstern Sep 23, 07:38
How bad are things for the Michigan football team? - prayformojo Sep 23, 07:38
Everything Old is New again. We saw a "My Prerogative" BB era hair cut. - Mel Profit Sep 23, 07:36
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- "Call for More Funding" -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 07:32
- World War E -- nm - budice Sep 23, 07:31
I'm going to forum lunch today. harry carson (played football) is speaking. what should I ask him to not sound dumb? - vice president peggy ann Sep 23, 07:27 13
- (next forum is bernard kerik. so cool, right?) -- nm - vice president peggy ann Sep 23, 07:59
- What was the best piece of advice you received from a coach? -- nm - spamlet Sep 23, 07:41 1
  - I like this one -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 07:49
- How much coke could LT really do? Like if his life depended on it. -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 07:34
- Who do you think will win the world cup? *snicker* -- nm - Roo Sep 23, 07:32
- who was your favorite teammate? -- nm - groiny Sep 23, 07:31
- What's the forum typically cover? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 23, 07:31 5
  - How well did your sports career prepare you for your life post-playing? -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 23, 07:56 2
    - Or since it's a university setting, how can we help players prepare for their post-playing career? -- nm - spamlet Sep 23, 07:57 1
      - yeah, maybe this. does it say "I'm not 100% convinced that you're awesome"? that's tough politically. -- nm - vice president peggy ann Sep 23, 07:58
  - it's like "here's why I'm awesome/inspiring. ask me questions about how awesome I am." - vice president peggy ann Sep 23, 07:56 1
    - Since we can't all be sports stars, I'd be more interested in seeing what in the career prepped him for life after playing. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 23, 07:57
- What was it like playing alongside Lawerence Taylor and for Bill Parcells -- nm - budice Sep 23, 07:31
Kardashian: Kris Jenner has filed for divorce from Bruce Jenner. -- nm - budice Sep 23, 07:26 1
- What hope is there for the rest of us? -- nm - Was Bar Was Sep 23, 07:47
WHMIS training done -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 07:24
Obama speaking about ISIL momentarily -- nm - MDH Sep 23, 07:11 7
- Im gonna put a Jihad on you -- nm - budice Sep 23, 07:21
- I want to slap the dumbass resporter who yelled out "Are Americans in danger living in the United States?" -- nm - MDH Sep 23, 07:15 4
  - Yes, but mostly from heart disease... and drunken monkeys driving tractors and carrying semiautomatic handguns... but mostly the heart disease... -- nm - Ender Sep 23, 07:29
  - No, we are perfectly safe here. Nothing can kill us. -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 07:19 2
    - You know what she meant. -- nm - MDH Sep 23, 07:40 1
      - The question/answer is equally dumb to either way she meant it. -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 07:42
- "What the pageant girl said!" -Obama -- nm - prayformojo Sep 23, 07:12
I ended up enjoying </scorpion> more than Gotham though. It's junk food, but if you can get past the... - Ender Sep 23, 07:08 10
- I like the concept of </scorpion>, but man was that paticular plot bad. I hope the writing improves -- nm - decline Sep 23, 07:10 9
  - shouldn't the pilot be the *best* part? -- nm - vice president peggy ann Sep 23, 07:29 3
    - Are pilots EVER the best part? Don't they universally spend too much time setting up the entire world? -- nm - Ender Sep 23, 07:31 2
      - You're The Worst says yes. - Spawn Sep 23, 08:04
      - they talk about this on hollywood prospectus a lot. a pilot that just *drops you in* is hard to sell, but one in which the entire - vice president peggy ann Sep 23, 07:58
  - I enjoyed Numb3rs, and that is enough. -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 07:27
  - I lasted maybe 10 minutes. Did not care for any of the characters - amoxy Sep 23, 07:14 1
    - yeah, I am out too (watched it all) -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 07:25
  - They can start with the ridiculous title. :-P -- nm - Was Bar Was Sep 23, 07:11
  - this -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 07:10
4-0 barring any statistical corrections this week (beat znu by .35 in the Krusty league). -- nm - spamlet Sep 23, 07:07 2
- And I caught Crash on the Seahawks bye week in BF! everything's coming up spam. -- nm - spamlet Sep 23, 07:12 1
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- will you please arrest more people. thank you. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 23, 07:45
- so, I watched the Wolf of Wall Street this weekend, i now picture you at work acting like Kyle Chandler in that movie. -- nm - Andie Sep 23, 07:05 2
  - yep - me too. -- nm - diva Sep 23, 07:08
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- They're suing you, or your suing them? -- nm - znufrii Sep 23, 06:56 4
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    - Typo. They meant they will "see you." -- nm - Was Bar Was Sep 23, 07:04
    - cruel and unusual punishment? :) -- nm - znufrii Sep 23, 07:01 1
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Gotham was good though it didn't entirely grab me. Really good setup wise though. Think all the future supervillains floating around are really red herrings. - Ender Sep 23, 06:52
I just remembered that Bill Kurtis narrated my dream last night. That was cool. -- nm - Max Sep 23, 06:46
First drive: Rolls Royce Ghost SII -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 23, 06:39
Is there a traditional well wish for Rosh Hashanah and if so, what is it? -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 23, 06:31 10
- "Sup bro! You gonna watch the dreidel drop tonight?!" -- nm - Ender Sep 23, 06:38
- L'shana Tova -- nm - znufrii Sep 23, 06:34
- Shana Tova -- nm - Andie Sep 23, 06:33 7
  - thanks to you and znu -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 23, 07:09
  - (and Shana is pronounced like the first two syllable so Sha Na Na) -- nm - Andie Sep 23, 06:40 2
    - [eagerly] Did someone say Sha Na Na? -- nm - Bowzer Sep 23, 06:52 1
      - when was the last (ever?) time we referenced Sha Na Na on ST? - Andie Sep 23, 07:06
  - You have an interesting log line to put on your resume now. -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 06:36 2
    - Jewish culture translator? -- nm - Andie Sep 23, 06:37 1
      - right. -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 06:37
i bet ST can guess the name in... three guesses. Dave's niece just had a baby girl. Name starts with W. - Andie Sep 23, 06:25 6
- Walter -- nm - znufrii Sep 23, 06:27
- Willow -- nm - Strongbad Sep 23, 06:26 2
  - *DING!* Two guesses. -- nm - Andie Sep 23, 06:26 1
    - I was going with Wendy until the TV show clue. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 23, 06:27
- William -- nm - decline Sep 23, 06:26 1
  - *makes incorrect buzzer sound* -- nm - Andie Sep 23, 06:26
So I watched Outlander, episode 7, last night. Yeah, that was soft pron. I didn't know if I was watching Starz or Skinemax -- nm - CQ Sep 23, 06:10 1
- soft pR0n, yes - but it was emotional, realized, earned and very well lit. You don't get that on Skinemax. -- nm - diva Sep 23, 06:28
FF: #1 in FJS by 0.30 total points :) -- nm - oblique Sep 23, 06:04 1
- Week 3 was a total laugher for me. Dont think one player had a TD excpt Julio. -- nm - budice Sep 23, 06:06
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- Nice! Still having zero luck in tournaments but am something like 12-3 in 50/50 leagues so far. -- nm - Spawn Sep 23, 07:21
- I won $5 in a $2 MLB squeeze last night....1766th out of 14077 - J Sep 23, 06:44
- That rocks. So, what percentage were you? 90 something? -- nm - Inigo Sep 23, 06:14 2
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    - Around 84%. So, I wasn't that far out of the money. *doubles down* -- nm - Inigo Sep 23, 06:18
- how is Fanduel not gambling? how are they getting around the laws? - Epiphany Sep 23, 06:11 2
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    - thank you. very interesting. -- nm - Epiphany Sep 23, 06:17
- minus our fee...cost of doing business bro -- nm - IRS Sep 23, 06:05
Study: $83 billion in home sales will be lost this year due to consumer student loan debt -- (link) - znufrii Sep 23, 05:58 2
- Mel just donated another $25 to Elizabeth Warren. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 23, 06:24
- F'n Renters. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 23, 06:05
what? a third-tier (or worse) soccer country spending $4 billion on new stadiums to host the world cup is having trouble filling them 4 years later? -- (link) - znufrii Sep 23, 05:34
Equinox, motherf-ers! -- nm - prayformojo Sep 23, 05:34 5
- 4 -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Sep 23, 06:53 [youtube]
- Noticably cooler at night -- nm - budice Sep 23, 05:49
- *Esquilax*. -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 05:44 1
  - "The two-headed hound...born with only one head!" -- nm - prayformojo Sep 23, 05:51
- oh my *god* thanks for reminding me. -- nm - vice president peggy ann Sep 23, 05:35
MNF: Crazy thing is the Jets had chances throughout to lead that game. Even after being down 14-0. - budice Sep 23, 05:32 5
- Chicago's defense is going to be thin next week -they got some hurt players -- nm - Epiphany Sep 23, 06:12
- FF: CJ1K let me down. Almost had a 4-0 week. I'll settle for 3-1. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 23, 06:07 1
  - (and 10-6 ATS) -- nm - Strongbad Sep 23, 06:07
- Jets were in the redzone, 4 times, and only came away with 2 FGs -- nm - Flavorize Sep 23, 05:38 1
  - That's been the Bears MO for years now. Let the other team walk up and down the field but stop at the goal line - oblique Sep 23, 06:05
Liberals won the NB Provincial election. They tried to use new ballot counting machines...did not go well. All votes will likely have to be counted by - Beaker Sep 23, 05:21
Watched a few Parks and Rec last night. I was tickled. -- nm - Roo Sep 23, 05:06 10
- would I like this? -- nm - Epiphany Sep 23, 06:12 9
  - So far its very officey, but I heard it gets better. -- nm - Roo Sep 23, 06:16 8
    - There's a distinct inflection point at the hunting trip. -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 06:37
    - I started watching recently as well and it got better near the end of season 1 and much better in season 2. -- nm - Krusty Sep 23, 06:22
    - I liked the Office. dry humor is fun -- nm - Epiphany Sep 23, 06:17 5
      - It gave me some good giggles. Its very dry. Pretty funny. Watching it without the wife though. -- nm - Roo Sep 23, 06:19 4
        
        did you start from the beginning? - groiny Sep 23, 07:19 3
        
        Yea, I snuck in the first two episodes last night while I was "supposed" to be going to bed >:3 -- nm - Roo Sep 23, 07:30 2
        
        it hits it's stride about halfway through the first season, and by season 2, it is off and running. - groiny Sep 23, 07:35 1
        
        Good. I don't think the wife would like the humor. He's not really a dry kinda guy. -- nm - Roo Sep 23, 07:40
Did you know? An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain. -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 04:52
Israel shoots down Syrian fighter jet -- (link) - Beaker Sep 23, 04:41 1
- Related: one reason they are using the F-22 against IS is because it's a lot less likely to be shot down by Syria's air defences. -- nm - Roger More Sep 23, 05:33
early morning TV PSA: POI, SHIELD, NCIS. NCIS LA, The Voice, Forever, Chicago Fire, New Girl, Mindy Project, DWTS, SOA, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 04:31 7
- I'm going to try Forever and NCIS New Orleans for Bakula -- nm - Epiphany Sep 23, 06:19
- Tonight is actually NCIS New Orleans, not LA. It looksterrible. -- nm - loosi at home Sep 23, 05:56 3
  - The younger guy on the team plays it like his character is suffering from a Traumatic Brain Injury. -- nm - Mel Profit Sep 23, 06:26 1
    - yes -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 06:27
  - yup. -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 06:05
- UK TV PSA: 3 part drama The Driver with The Governor, John Lennon and Chief O'Brien. -- nm - LMS Sep 23, 04:46
- (I think I am done with NCIS), so just Person of Interest and SHIELD for me (Chicago Fire for the wife) -- nm - Beaker Sep 23, 04:32
Robots That Learn Through Repetition, Not Programming -- (link) - Strongbad Sep 23, 04:07
espn reporter defends against Ravens owner comments -- (link) - Beaker Sep 23, 04:02
Cary Elwes: Inconceivable Tales From the Making of ‘The Princess Bride’ -- (link) - Strongbad Sep 23, 03:59
Map of the Day: which disease is most likely to kill you depending on where you live -- (link) - Strongbad Sep 23, 03:58 2
- It would be interesting if they also showed average life expectancy. I suspect it is a lot higher in countries where heart disease is the highest. -- nm - GregW Sep 23, 05:40
- Ha, Mexico has cirrhosis on the liver. Wow. -- nm - Roo Sep 23, 05:13
Happy 125th Birthday, Nintendo. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 23, 03:56
Did we see Cam Newton's post game press conference fashion statement? -- (link) - amoxy Sep 23, 01:49
Yay, progress on automated testing for ST bugs ... - Beryllium Sep 23, 01:48
Watching Blacklist, I realized that after binging Breaking Bad this spring I started to believe Krysten Ritter was dead... -- nm - Ender Sep 22, 22:56 4
- Ritter's on Blacklist? -- nm - Mop Sep 22, 22:57 3
  - For at least tonight she is. -- nm - Ender Sep 22, 22:58 2
    - spoils - Beaker Sep 23, 05:28 1
      - she was awesome. she'll be back. -- nm - loosi at home Sep 23, 05:56
Gotham gets an A. There was so much there. - Mop Sep 22, 22:56 5
- I can't wait until Season 12 when: Batman! -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 05:46
- Agreed. And they are doing some stuff I was not expecting. - Spawn Sep 22, 23:10 2
  - I disagree. It's a dark, gritty crime drama about a good cop in a crooked town. It stands on it's own. -- nm - Mop Sep 22, 23:58 1
    - Isn't "good cop in a crooked town" the GCPD angle? -- nm - Ender Sep 23, 06:49
- I don't think there's any spoilers here. If you haven't watched it yet, read this. -- nm - Mop Sep 22, 22:56
Tomorrow is my daughter's birthday....I can't believe my little girl has a daughter in college :/ -- nm - Meg Sep 22, 22:36
The days may be cloudy or sunny We're in or we're out of the money But I'm with you always I'm with you rain or shine -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 22, 22:31

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