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Dear DeMarco Murray I could use about 130 rushing yards, 40 receiving yards, and 2 TDs and also don't have an affair with my wife. Thx in advance -- nm - Bacon Dec 4, 17:24 3
- And a pony! -- nm - David Dec 4, 17:30
- Can he have an affair with Don Cheadle? Cause he seems up for it -- nm - Epiphany Dec 4, 17:26
- I promise nothing! -- nm - DeMarco Murray Dec 4, 17:25
I would totally wear a kitten shirt. -- nm - Reagen Dec 4, 17:19 3
- Is this a things we would do before we would watch Peter Pan Live, thread? I would dress in black and lay out on the freeway -- nm - Bacon Dec 4, 17:22
- Me too -- nm - Epiphany Dec 4, 17:19 1
  - Sounds great until you imagine leaning back. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 17:21
I feel like 'No one has ever touched me' is a line that's going to be in several tweets and reviews. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 4, 17:17 2
- About what? Bill Cosby? -- nm - Beryllium Dec 4, 17:19 1
  - Well yes, but it was just said by Peter Pan. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 4, 17:20
Hmm, local seismographs registered an earthquake about ten minutes ago (I felt nothing) but it corresponds to a quake in Mexico ... - Beryllium Dec 4, 17:12 8
- Twitter says 4.1 east of Cabo, as if Cabo needed this after the hurricane. -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 17:16 3
  - Hmm. There was also a 5.1 in China and a 2.4 in Alaska ... it's most likely that the 2.4 is the one that showed up -- nm - Beryllium Dec 4, 17:16 2
    - A 2.4 in Alaska would be the same to Victoria as a big truck driving by the seismograph. -- nm - Reagen Dec 4, 17:18 1
      - Which has happened - but this one popped on two relatively far apart ones. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 4, 17:19
- under 5 the quakes are basically worthless and cause no or very minimal damage -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 4, 17:15
- It was the stampede to buy Hong Kong tickets after my post -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 17:15
- Or maybe it's nothing. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 4, 17:15 1
  - There was a 4.3 off Ferndale. The highest recent one in Mexico (off the Baja Peninsula) was 4.1 -- nm - Meg Dec 4, 17:17
Beautiful rising moon tonight and it's not even full for two more days. -- nm - Meg Dec 4, 17:10
Kiplinger asks "Is Cash an Appropriate Wedding Gift?" - ty97 Dec 4, 17:07 6
- depends; does the wedding take place in a country that uses money? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Dec 4, 17:22 2
  - Bitlandia! -- nm - Beryllium Dec 4, 17:23 1
    - Snort -- nm - Epiphany Dec 4, 17:27
- Depends on how much you are giving. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 17:09
- "No, get them a fifth salad spinner." -- nm - Reagen Dec 4, 17:09 1
  - one for each appendage! -- nm - Beryllium Dec 4, 17:15
peter pan LIVE! -- nm - Beaker Dec 4, 17:05
At this moment Samara is putting on her Black Robe and grabbing her Scythe to slaugher another batch of Fantasy Playoff Teams. -- nm - Bacon Dec 4, 16:55
What are you reading ST? I just started Simon Rich's Spoiled Brats. Do yourself a favor and download the free sample. - ralph wiggum Dec 4, 16:51 47
- Curious George Visits the Zoo and Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site. - kelly Dec 4, 17:29
- Just finished Lincoln Child's Death Match. Surprised I've not read it before. -- nm - Meg Dec 4, 17:20
- NOS4RTU by Joe Hill -- nm - Epiphany Dec 4, 17:19
- Nikolai Gogol's Collected Tales. Because I'm an intellectual, goddamit! -- nm - Roger More Dec 4, 17:12
- A Brief History of Fighting Ships during the Napoleonic Wars -- nm - Beaker Dec 4, 17:06 1
  - master at arms, take that man below and clap him in irons! -- nm - jack Aubrey Dec 4, 17:19
- Just finished Crimson Angel by Barbara Hambly and just started the new Wild Cards novel. - TWuG Dec 4, 17:06
- Working my way through DJ Molles' Remaining series. - Dignan Dec 4, 17:04
- Just finished Red Rising, just started Mr. Mercedes. -- nm - Ender Dec 4, 17:03 3
  - I loved Red Rising, even though it bogs down a bit in the middle. Really excited for the next one. nm - ralph wiggum Dec 4, 17:04 2
    - It loses a few points for so clearly being a mashup of a few other series. -- nm - Ender Dec 4, 17:05 1
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- I'm not reading Replay because fucking Amazon doesn't fucking offer a fucking Kindle version of Replay. - David Dec 4, 17:02 22
  - It's not Amazon's choice though, is it? -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 17:03 21
    - Fuck if I know. - David Dec 4, 17:03 20
      - I believe it's publisher/author discretion. Amazon wants to sell everything on Kindle. -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 17:10 19
        
        Please don't bring rational thought into my frustrated venting. -- nm - David Dec 4, 17:12 18
        
        That's something I'd bring up with the VP in Charge of Sales to David at your next quarterly. -- nm - Roger More Dec 4, 17:13 17
        
        Next Replay, I'm shoving you in front of a tank. -- nm - David Dec 4, 17:14 16
        
        Live. Die. Repeat. - Spawn Dec 4, 17:17
        
        So continuing the language trend...WTF is Replay? - JD Dec 4, 17:17 14
        
        Oh, JD. *shakes JD's head* -- nm - Reagen Dec 4, 17:18
        
        Oh, JD. *shaking head* nm - ralph wiggum Dec 4, 17:18
        
        *blink* One of my top 5 books, all time. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 17:17 11
        
        Okaaaay. So explain it to me like I'm five...author? -- nm - JD Dec 4, 17:18 10
        
        Ken Grimwood. Julia Roberts bought the film rights a while back but nothing came of it. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 17:22 2
        
        Which is a good thing in that case. nm - ralph wiggum Dec 4, 17:24 1
        
        Indeed. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 17:25
        
        Ken Grimwood. (spoilers) - ralph wiggum Dec 4, 17:22 6
        
        Oh. Many thanks. Just to piss David off further..Audible has an audiobook version. The same Audible owned by David's favorite Amazon -- nm - JD Dec 4, 17:24 3
        
        Nice! It won the 1988 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 17:24 2
        
        I've literally thought about it every few months or so since I first read it 25 years ago. - ralph wiggum Dec 4, 17:27 1
        
        Exactly. One of my first fav gifts from Amy was a hardback copy. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 17:30
        
        Published in 1986. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 17:23 1
        
        In my minor defense in 1986, I think I was still reading classic science fiction if I was reading at all. Oh and Douglas Adams, maybe some -- nm - JD Dec 4, 17:26
- The Old Man and the Wasteland by Nick Cole -- nm - Covington Dec 4, 17:02
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- I'm trying to read The Bat by Jo Nesbo -- nm - Dano Dec 4, 16:58
- Last time I took a book suggestion from you, I couldn't put it down! -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 16:53 1
  - These are short stories! I don't know if they are all as funny as the first 2, but I have high hopes. nm - ralph wiggum Dec 4, 16:54
- The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton and Dark Tower: The Waste Lands. -- nm - Kim Pine Dec 4, 16:52 6
  - BLAINE'S A PAIN -- nm - Reagen Dec 4, 17:03
  - Awww, that's a good Dark Tower book. nm - ralph wiggum Dec 4, 16:54 4
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      - I enjoyed Wolves of the Calla and The Dark Tower. Wizard and Glass can go poke its eyes out with a rusty spoon though. nm - ralph wiggum Dec 4, 17:09 1
        
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    - The Luminaries starts slow but it gets better. I'm only about 10% in. -- nm - Kim Pine Dec 4, 17:03
Have we seen this Penn State basket? -- (link) - Mop Dec 4, 16:51
REBwhatever Terminator: Are they saying 3 & 4 did not exist or are they simply saying another timeline is created from some point before that? -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 16:46 6
- Who knows, but trailer spoils - Will Hunting Dec 4, 17:15
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  - Actually, that is kind of my point. - Spawn Dec 4, 17:08
- the second thing there that you typed there sir -- nm - mud Dec 4, 16:49
- it's both. -- nm - Reagen Dec 4, 16:49 1
  - and at the same time neither -- nm - Bacon Dec 4, 16:51
This has reached the point of ridiculous. United Airlines LAX-Hong Kong $574 round trip numerous dates in Jan/Feb - ty97 Dec 4, 16:44 8
- First I'm going to punch you in the weiner. Then I'm going to ask my parents if they mind delaying Christmas for 4-6 weeks. -- nm - Roger More Dec 4, 17:15 1
  - Haha, I posted thinking "it's safe, Roger isn't here" - ty97 Dec 4, 17:18
- That's not much more than it would cost me to fly to Chicago or Orlando. -- nm - David Dec 4, 17:03 1
  - It is insanely, absurdly, ridiculously, criminally cheap. -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 17:04
- Vancouver-Hong Kong 652CAD on United Jan/Feb (reportedly Delta as well) -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 16:47 1
  - Confirmed 676 CAD on Delta, lots of dates in Jan/Feb -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 16:51
- Because I could think of a few dozen better things to do with $574. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 16:46 1
  - like burn it because you hate yourself? -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 16:48
So is Hector and the Search for Happiness worth my time this weekend? AMC sent me coupon for up to two tix -- nm - JD Dec 4, 16:41
The last few days in Annoying Client Requests: - ralph wiggum Dec 4, 16:39 11
- "Sure thing, annoying client. It's your $450 an hour!" -- nm - Roger More Dec 4, 17:09 4
  - You laugh, but my hourly charge out rate is...more than that. nm - ralph wiggum Dec 4, 17:12 3
    - Heh heh. I love it -- nm - Epiphany Dec 4, 17:22
    - Oh right, Freehills. -- nm - Roger More Dec 4, 17:21 1
      - Why do you assume it's not because I'm just *that* awesome?!? nm - ralph wiggum Dec 4, 17:23
- Redo the entire document in text speech. -- nm - Dano Dec 4, 16:59 1
  - One of my colleagues suggested changing it all to Wing Dings, then dropping the mic and walking out. nm - ralph wiggum Dec 4, 17:00
- Drop all gs in words ending in 'ing'. -- nm - Reagen Dec 4, 16:48
- So your difficult client is asking you to make him appear less difficult to his client. -- nm - Roger More Dec 4, 16:43
- In every other paragraph, remove all vowels -- nm - prayformojo Dec 4, 16:42 1
  - I'm considering removing all hard returns to get a 10 page solid block of text. nm - ralph wiggum Dec 4, 16:53
30 minute warning for Peter Pan Live! -- nm - ty97 Dec 4, 16:31 2
- Watch it now! -- (link) - Covington Dec 4, 16:41 [youtube]
- Dibs on Tiger Lilly -- nm - Lost Boy Dec 4, 16:40
Preache given pilot order by AMC -- (link) - Beaker Dec 4, 16:05 1
- Preacher -- nm - Beaker Dec 4, 16:05
TWD spinoff casts male lead -- (link) - Beaker Dec 4, 16:04
PSA: Under 1 hour till Peter Pan LIVE! -- nm - Beaker Dec 4, 16:03
At bar. Ska version of white Christmas on radio. I'm terrified of ska LDB. -- nm - Amanda Dec 4, 16:02 1
- I'm shocked I don't own this. You gave me a missim -- nm - droidlet Dec 4, 16:11
Wes Anderson vs Star Wars VII -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 4, 15:29
I think I must have the Ebola. I just napped for 4 hours. -- nm - Mop Dec 4, 15:09 3
- Trypanosomiasis. -- nm - Good Baron Wenceslas Dec 4, 15:48
- Napbola -- nm - Beryllium Dec 4, 15:18
- Get well soon, Mop. -- nm - Loyola Dec 4, 15:11
WonkaVators may be here. -- (link) - Reagen Dec 4, 15:05 1
- Thyssen Krupp, eh? [nm] - Mel Profit Dec 4, 15:09
The Grinch sat with Santa as did Flop, but the Pinch and the Finch couldn't get it done -- nm - CQ Dec 4, 15:03 6
- flop? -- nm - prayformojo Dec 4, 15:04 5
  - Finch's bunny -- nm - CQ Dec 4, 15:06 4
    - Santa & Flop -- (link) - CQ Dec 4, 15:07 [flickr] 3
      - Got it. That's a good Santa. Also, her expression in this one is terrific -- (link) - prayformojo Dec 4, 15:10 [flickr] 2
        
        It's the best Santa I've seen in a while -- nm - CQ Dec 4, 15:11 1
        
        Maybe you got the real one instead of a helper? -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 16:48
SITWAP - Stephen Hawking gets zero gravity flight. -- (link) - Andie Dec 4, 14:50 6
- Heh good video. -- nm - Loyola Dec 4, 15:15
- In 2008. -- nm - Mop Dec 4, 15:10
- against his will. -- nm - Reagen Dec 4, 14:53 3
  - *submits true bill* -- nm - Theory of Everything grand jury Dec 4, 14:58
  - His speech recognition software gave up 2mins into the vomiting. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 4, 14:57
  - Can't. Stop. Laughing -- nm - JD Dec 4, 14:57
Marvel Movie: Benedict Cumberbatch CONFIRMED for Dr. Strange -- (link) - Remlik Dec 4, 14:49 12
- BOOYA!!!! - Spawn Dec 4, 14:54 9
  - and for Amy to get all girly over. -- nm - Remlik Dec 4, 14:55 8
    - Hell, I'm getting girly over this news. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 4, 15:35
    - And for me to reap the... benefits. -- nm - Spawn Dec 4, 14:57 6
      - best start getting in cardio shape! -- nm - Remlik Dec 4, 15:01 5
        
        screw that, just supply her with booze :) -- nm - CQ Dec 4, 15:09
        
        Strong core muscles would also help -- nm - JD Dec 4, 15:06 3
        
        he does need work there for sure -- nm - Remlik Dec 4, 15:27 2
        
        wait a minute...how do you know....OH - Epiphany Dec 4, 15:57 1
        
        yeah at the movie theater his posture is terrible when sits down! -- nm - Remlik Dec 4, 16:03
- all the roles -- nm - Max Dec 4, 14:50 1
  - word -- nm - mud Dec 4, 15:57

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