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Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange is good, Jason Isaacs would also have been good. -- nm - tobooooooooor.2 Oct 27, 17:19
Water-main breaks are becoming a daily occurrance -- (link) - Meg Oct 27, 17:19 3
- I feel like we're due for another rash of exploding manhole covers. -- nm - Max Oct 27, 17:44
- Bah...in L.A. -- nm - Meg Oct 27, 17:20 1
  - thanks. I just called a good friend and told him to avoid the area -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 27, 17:25
Witty retorts -- (link) - con_carne Oct 27, 17:14 2
- I figure half of them ended in duels to the death, and the other half ended in death by laughing. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 17:19 1
  - *"Dayyyyyyymn" group of guys gif* -- nm - con_carne Oct 27, 17:26
Here we go, X-Wing and Tie Fighter Getting Digital Re-Releases! -- (link) - Spawn the Impaler Oct 27, 17:05
WLIR - No one mentioned that Undercover Boss does Post-Mortem text at the end of their episodes. -- nm - tobooooooooor.2 Oct 27, 16:59 2
- Somewhere, Pixie is satisfied because Max turned out to be spectacularly wrong in that thread -- nm - con_carne Oct 27, 17:01 1
  - This will be the first thing mentioned in the post-mortem when ST finally goes off the air -- nm - prayformojo Oct 27, 17:04
Not sure if this TechCrunch story about CurrentC vs ApplePay got posted ... -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 27, 16:54 10
- I see a major drawback being they can only be used with store credit or direct debit. - Meg Oct 27, 17:15 3
  - Yep, they want me to give up my credit card rewards. No thanks. -- nm - ty97 Oct 27, 17:30
  - Right. They're trying to eliminate the credit card companies. That's not gonna happen. -- nm - Baron Mop-chausen Oct 27, 17:16 1
    - The first rule of Project CurrentC is: You don't talk about NFC! -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 17:20
- would apple have an anti-trust claim against them? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 27, 16:58 3
  - I don't know that companies can file anti-trust claims. That's the government's realm IINM (but IANAL) -- nm - ty97 Oct 27, 17:32
  - I don't think so - and even if the reverse was attempted, apple blocking their app from the app store, the MCX likely wouldn't have an antitrust claim - Beryllium Oct 27, 17:08
  - "Long before Apple Pay....." I would think no, but they'll try anyway. -- nm - tobooooooooor.2 Oct 27, 17:00
- oof. -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 27, 16:55 1
  - It's funny because it's true. - ty97 Oct 27, 17:28
The Good Wife spoiler - - tobooooooooor.2 Oct 27, 16:49 1
- further spoilers . . . - pacrat, restless noncoporeal spirit at large ! Oct 27, 20:30
"Gilmore Girls is beyond incredible — beautifully written, perfectly acted, and its coffee cups runneth over with charm." - David Oct 27, 16:40 3
- It's like Buzzfeed just discovered GG and is overdosing on its goodness. Their brains must be melting. -- nm - Baron Mop-chausen Oct 27, 16:41 2
  - It's the power of Netflix more than anything. - David Oct 27, 16:44
  - "So ... many ... wordszzzzzBBFZAP" -- nm - buzzfeed server exploding si Oct 27, 16:43
Wow, Kare's Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese sounds ymmy -- nm - prayformojo Oct 27, 16:36 5
- here -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 27, 16:36 4
  - must be something in the air - that's the second time in two days I've seen a version of this. nm but: -- (link) - b. Oct 27, 16:43 3
    - I'm campaigning to make pumpkin chili. So far no takers -- nm - Epiphany Oct 27, 16:47 2
      - Make it and don't tell em - prayformojo Oct 27, 16:52
      - I'm totally planning on making it again as soon as cooler weather comes and lingers. I'd invite you over! -- nm - b. Oct 27, 16:50
Scorpion, Madam Secretary, NCIS: New Orleans and Stalker all get full season orders from CBS -- nm - Beaker Oct 27, 16:33 3
- So they just gave full orders to the same exact show four times. Cool. -- nm - Jovian Oct 27, 16:38 1
  - They are struggling to find a way to compete with State of Affairs. - Beryllium Oct 27, 16:40
- I watch none of them, but I don't mind the renewal - if I'm hurting for stuff to watch in the future, they'll be on netflix. - Beryllium Oct 27, 16:35
Vick to start for the Jets versus KC Chiefs -- nm - Beaker Oct 27, 16:31 1
- How many weeks does Rex have a job? -- nm - Bacon Oct 27, 16:32
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- He needs to keep throwing to Desean Jackson all night long -- nm - Bacon Oct 27, 16:41
- He'll proceed to light it up against a suspect Dallas D to make us look like fools. -- nm - Bloody Ice Oct 27, 16:31
"I'm on TV! I can do what I want!" hehehe ... today I discovered Leverage season 2 promos -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 27, 16:23 [youtube] 3
- I love Aldis Hidge. Thanks -- nm - Epiphany Oct 27, 16:46 2
  - What the heck is he doing now? - tobooooooooor.2 Oct 27, 16:50 1
    - "Turn" on AMC -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 17:12
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- Was the most fun I have ever had with a game. -- nm - Bacon Oct 27, 16:18 2
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    - Baldur's Gate 2 !! -- nm - Beaker Oct 27, 17:14
my water heater died yesterday after 8 years. todays it was replaced, and my bank account is $1000 lighter. -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 27, 16:13 2
- Ouch...I suspect mine is living on borrowed time - along with most of my other appliances. -- nm - Meg Oct 27, 16:15 1
  - half the cost is the instalation and taking away the old one. I made sure to get a self cleaning unit, again. -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 27, 16:24
Inigo, T-shirt alert -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 27, 16:06
Won't anyone thing of the Sad Jay Cutlers!?!?!?! -- (link) - prayformojo Oct 27, 16:06
Neil Patrick Harris is getting a variety show at NBC -- (link) - Beaker Oct 27, 15:45
"You've got red on ... your timbits." -- (link) - Beryllium Oct 27, 15:31
so, ikariam. org question pertaining to our alliance . . . - pacrat, restless noncoporeal spirit at large ! Oct 27, 15:27 9
- centralizing everyone, in the center or at least a few hubs is my preference. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 27, 15:36 8
  - Yes. I'm definitely on board with this. Right now I'm too scattered. -- nm - Baron Mop-chausen Oct 27, 17:17
  - New server? -- nm - Bacon Oct 27, 16:05
  - I'm back fyi. -- nm - Beaker Oct 27, 15:46
  - we all know the importance of wonders so lets plot out where the best cluster would be -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 27, 15:45 4
    - Forges, Dolphins and Colossus -- nm - Beaker Oct 27, 15:47 3
      - sulfur, marble and wine -- nm - Baron Mop-chausen Oct 27, 17:18
      - The sad part of it being Alpha or Beta means forges are still tied to sulphur. -- nm - Spawndroid Oct 27, 16:32 1
        
        are there new worlds with non sulfur forges? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 27, 16:50
woo! on and off, for 3+ days, I've been trying to find a song I heard recently, from which I only remembered a snippet, unrelated to its title and - b. Oct 27, 15:19 4
- You're such a girl, b. -- nm - Loyola Oct 27, 15:24 3
  - *aims a 70mph pitch at your noggin'* (just in case that was meant as a pejorative.) -- nm - b. Oct 27, 15:28 2
    - *hits it out of the park* no b, never a pejorative. -- nm - Loyola Oct 27, 15:40 1
      - ok then, but I'll be keeping an eye on you. -- nm - b. Oct 27, 15:44
I think our trivia team name tonight is going to be (not safe for kids) - Amanda Oct 27, 14:59 6
- The team names for the teams in the DC gay kickball league can inspire you should need some in the future. -- nm - MDH Oct 27, 15:17
- (I like the thought problem of the difference between the two, like whore and slut) -- nm - Max Oct 27, 15:03
- Trivia for you: the only letters not found in the periodic table of elements are q and j. -- nm - Reagen Oct 27, 15:01 1
  - Thanks a lot, flerovium! -- nm - Q si Oct 27, 15:16
- I know which I would pick. -- nm - groiny Oct 27, 15:00 1
  - Don't pick at your axe wound, it will never heal. -- nm - Max Oct 27, 15:01
for anyone considering a sam's club membership, I noticed a good offer today. - b. Oct 27, 14:57
Tere's a name from the mists of history:Orton is the first player with at least four touchdown passes and 10 or fewer completions in a game since.... - prayformojo Oct 27, 14:50
PC Gaming: X-Wing & Tie-Fighter finally getting digital releases. -- (link) - Bloody Ice Oct 27, 14:44
last friday's scuttlebutton just took me a bit to get, then I had a "duh" moment. nm but: -- (link) - b. Oct 27, 14:41
from B2 and will hunting's post on slack.org . . . is this an Ikariam thing? and do we, individually, need to do something? if so, I can . . . - pacrat, restless noncoporeal spirit at large ! Oct 27, 14:41 4
- a. you have choose a server to go to, have 3 weeks to move towns from wheree they drop you -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 27, 15:02 3
  - i'm not sure that I understand . . . is there an option all of a sudden to move towns w/out ambrosia or anything? -- nm - pacrat, restless noncoporeal spirit at large ! Oct 27, 15:11 2
    - its likely that popular areas are already taken, they are popular for common reasons - zeitgeist Oct 27, 15:18
    - ok, nevermind, i think i get it now ... the game is moving everyone onto new servers and it's going to screw things up for a short period of time. - pacrat, restless noncoporeal spirit at large ! Oct 27, 15:16
Zzzzzz... nap time. -- nm - Baron Mop-chausen Oct 27, 14:40
In the spirit of that Hot Fuzz trailer where they named the weapons, my mind just decided one should be called ... - Beryllium Oct 27, 14:39
If sugar can help fill that hollow feeling, I'm all for it. -- nm - prayformojo Oct 27, 14:27 4
- if by "sugar" you mean "booze"...yeah. -- nm - znufrii Oct 27, 14:40
- It did, but I have moved on to the needle -- nm - amoxy Oct 27, 14:36
- That's how I feel about beer! -- nm - mara Oct 27, 14:28 1
  - Heh. I drink just for something to do. -- nm - Loyola Oct 27, 14:39
Ok ST, I am attending a conference in Nov. with Ben Bernanke as the key note speaker. They have asked attendees to submit questions. What would you - pmb Oct 27, 14:26 16
- "What are your top 5 fantastic beard tips?" -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 16:41
- Maybe ask him how he thinks the founding fathers would view the role of the Fed today. -- nm - Max Oct 27, 15:41
- "What makes you smile, Sad Kermit?" - Max Oct 27, 15:34
- "How dare you?" - Reagen Oct 27, 15:32 1
  - *laughing* -- nm - Loyola Oct 27, 15:41
- can he watch "the sound of music" without cringing? I remember reading a bit of trivia about him. - b. Oct 27, 15:25
- Is it true that Ayn Rand and Alan Greenspan... you know? -- nm - Roger Morbo's good friend Richard Nixon Oct 27, 15:18
- how could new investment instruments get vetted, checked, controlled BEFORE being released upon the public and massive fraud wipe out - zeitgeist Oct 27, 15:16
- Favorite type of cheese? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 27, 15:13
- Star Wars or Star Trek? -- nm - Beaker Oct 27, 15:10
- Boxers or Briefs? -- nm - JaxSean Oct 27, 15:03
- I know that having lots of money makes you more attractive to women, but you can quantify *how* much more attractive? What's the correlation? -- nm - Baron Mop-chausen Oct 27, 14:41 2
  - I can answer that -- nm - zombie Anna Nicole Smith Oct 27, 14:43 1
    - basically they need $2M or more for every year old they are -- nm - zombie Anna Nicole Smith Oct 27, 14:53
- What market operation improvement can the Federal Reserve make to reduce the perception that it primarily serves the interests of Wall St - Loyola Oct 27, 14:35
- besides real estate, stocks & comic books. are there any good investments out there? -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 27, 14:32
*head explodes* -- (link) - znufrii Oct 27, 14:19 3
- comments are funny -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 27, 15:08
- This is how America will rid itself of the low IQ demographic. -- nm - Baron Mop-chausen Oct 27, 14:50
- "That's a pretty stupid thing to do during Flu season." -- nm - Max Oct 27, 14:25
seriously...some of you know my real name. Do I then sound like a dude who wouldn't eat a pan of lasagna in a sitting? - Mel Profit Oct 27, 14:15 23
- This popped up on my FB on the way home. It's from the New Yorker and more balanced... -- (link) - Mel Profit Oct 27, 17:08
- :-( So sorry you're missing out on so many great dishes. - Krusty Oct 27, 15:24 2
  - I have yet to break it to my extended family. It'll like being a gay kid in the 80s. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 27, 15:37 1
    - "I love my dead low carb son!!!" -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 27, 16:11
- Have you tried gluten free pasta? Or isn't that 'real' pasta? - Meg Oct 27, 14:54 3
  - Diva has been marvelous in this regard in hunting down alternatives. - Mel Profit Oct 27, 14:57 2
    - make your own? its a pita but might be worth the effort -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 27, 15:09 1
      - if I get desperate enough...perhaps. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 27, 15:38
- The machines will give you what you want, once they take power. - Beryllium Oct 27, 14:42 1
  - I might enjoy a few decades in The Matrix, for real. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 27, 14:47
- This is a local hotspot for all-you-can-eat pasta. Spaghetti/Lasanga for $5 (pdf) -- (link) - Bloody Ice Oct 27, 14:37 1
  - why are you tormenting the poor man?! -- nm - znufrii Oct 27, 14:38
- I had lasagna today. I enjoyed it :) -- nm - Loyola Oct 27, 14:37
- And do you hate Mondays? -- nm - amoxy Oct 27, 14:34
- what size pan? you are getting older and should be eating less - Peglegpete Oct 27, 14:31 2
  - Watch my father's side of the Profit Clan eat a pan of Lasagna was like watching the bloody portion of a nature show about African land predators. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 27, 14:35 1
    - Hee! nm - ralph wiggum Oct 27, 15:18
- Thurston Ramsbottom the Third, right? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 14:23 2
  - "bottom" *giggle* -- nm - Minion Kelly Oct 27, 14:55 1
    - "Yeah, like that's better." got a laugh out of me. Heheh. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 15:04
- Olive Garden has that $9.99 All-you-can-eat Pasta. Got some local places that offer $5 on certain days. -- nm - Bloody Ice Oct 27, 14:18 2
  - ... but that would twist his insides up like nobody's business -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 14:24 1
    - They need to coordinate with hospital ER sale days. -- nm - Max Oct 27, 14:26
"Actually, it's about ethics in game journalism." -- (link) - mara Oct 27, 14:15
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- i want to get a Spishack lipo-vac attachment for my shop vac...lose weight AND make delicious fries -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 27, 16:54
Question: the Amazon Fire TV Stick says it has Netflix. Why would they include that? - JaxSean Oct 27, 14:12 3
- Huge subscriber base for Netflix makes it worthwhile to support it. Can act as a gateway to lure them away, or keep them in the fold. -- nm - Bloody Ice Oct 27, 14:22
- Because money! If you're coming to market, you don't want to ignore the biggest player in that market. - Baron Mop-chausen Oct 27, 14:18 1
  - But that's like saying no one with Gmail accounts would buy the Amazon Fire. You can't get any Google apps on it. - JaxSean Oct 27, 15:05
Did you know? In 1948, air pollution killed 20 people and sickened 6000 others in Donora, PA. -- (link) - mara Oct 27, 14:11 3
- london fog was deadly enough just with monoxide from coal heating -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 27, 15:21
- I would love to link to that as a defence of regulations in industry. But I can't. It lacks journalistic integrity. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 14:29
- within a single week -- nm - Max Oct 27, 14:15
The purpose of gluten is for Americans to flip out and kill people -- nm - znufrii Oct 27, 14:03 1
- BOOM - lupus vulgaris -- nm - Max Oct 27, 14:06

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