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Hobbit:Five Armies....skip the 3D, etc. Definitely don't recommend. -- nm - budice Dec 12, 15:47
Heisman:Mariota have it locked up? -- nm - budice Dec 12, 15:38 2
- I expect one of the largest winning margins ever. -- nm - David Dec 12, 15:45 1
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I like the headline of Bears OC apologizing for Cutler. -- nm - budice Dec 12, 15:33
CAH packages 4, 5 and 6 arrived today. -- nm - Tim Dec 12, 15:23
Came home from work at lunchtime in order to be here for the gas guy to look at a roof leak, and he's a no-show. LAME. - Beryllium Dec 12, 15:18 2
- Charge him your going rate, minimum 4 hours. -- nm - Good Baron Wenceslas Dec 12, 15:23 1
  - that would be about five hundred bucks -- nm - Beryllium Dec 12, 15:46
Disney Gangs: When Mickey Mouse Goes Punk -- (link) - con_carne Dec 12, 14:32 1
- M I C...see you in hell...K E Y...why? cause you're a freaking rat -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Dec 12, 15:51
sony leak du jour - movie studios really, really don't like Goliath, er, Google. nm but: -- (link) - b. Dec 12, 14:22 1
- Man, if Google didn't know about this until now, they're going to be pissed and dangerous. -- nm - Mop Dec 12, 14:58
Good news: my parents have signed a lease on a rental house to live in while their house is built. - ty97 Dec 12, 14:19 2
- I hope it's the former; but, if not, it may ease the pressure to get you to move there. (in the script, you'd totally engage in shenanigans.) -- nm - b. Dec 12, 14:25
- two weeks - that's a lot of togetherness... -- nm - Andie Dec 12, 14:20
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Papers, Please is on iPad. Aren't there some here that like it? -- nm - padlet Dec 12, 14:12 6
- How much is it? It will be mega cheap on Steam soon via the holiday sale. -- nm - Tim Dec 12, 15:03 2
  - $6 this weekend. - droidlet Dec 12, 15:09 1
    - Fair enough. Not a bad price for iOS. -- nm - Tim Dec 12, 15:14
- (your name just made me grin - cute, man, cute.) -- nm - b. Dec 12, 14:25
- I really enjoyed it as well. Much more than I expected at first. -- nm - ReluctantYuleLog Dec 12, 14:22
- It's really, uh, interesting. I enjoyed it a lot. -- nm - Tim Dec 12, 14:19
Max? MAX! Max, look! Corgis! -- (link) - ReluctantYuleLog Dec 12, 14:07 2
- *drops some lit firecrackers* -- nm - Max Dec 12, 14:15
- I expect most universities do this at finals time. I know we do. -- nm - Mop Dec 12, 14:11
So this is a thing for the holidays from Heinz ketchup -- (link) - con_carne Dec 12, 14:06 2
- "Worst. Christmas Present. EVER." fits nicely on the label. And shopping done! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Dec 12, 14:54
- Not just the holidays. I attended a conference and next year they'll be in Pittsburg. They promoted it with custom little Heinz bottles. -- nm - Mop Dec 12, 14:12
Qale, Graves has been concussed out since WrestleMania and was believed to be done for a while. This surprisingly has little to do with Punk's situation. - Tim Dec 12, 14:05 1
- He looks very sexy in that suit. I'm just saying. -- nm - Qale Dec 12, 15:25
The case Dawson posted just popped up as 'latest news' on marketwatch -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 13:48 3
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  - nm but: -- (link) - b. Dec 12, 14:36 1
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Pope declines Dalai Lama meeting in Rome -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Dec 12, 13:42 2
- Worst Pope ever! He's a monster! -- nm - Mop Dec 12, 14:11 1
  - he's really busy. in 2 weeks he has one of the most important business days of the year - Peglegpete Dec 12, 14:19
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- De. Nied. -- nm - Volnelk Dec 12, 14:21
n_f_l.com seems to think downey plays for the colts -- nm - Spawndroid Dec 12, 13:35
Appellate court orders SI judge to hold open hearing regarding whether Garner grand jury docs should be sealed. -- (link) - ty97 Dec 12, 13:33
Btw, if you're a Senate rules nerd like me, you should be watching C-SPAN2 - ReluctantYuleLog Dec 12, 13:30 3
- JUST PASS THE EFFING EXTENDERS ALREADY - droidlet Dec 12, 13:38
- demands to update the environmental impact report -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 12, 13:33
- I think all four of you are already watching :) -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 13:31
Darren Sharper Indicted For Rape In New Orleans; Possible New Victim -- (link) - Beaker Dec 12, 13:28
And, oh, France just got downgraded. -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 13:24 1
- "You are now cheese eating, cheap wine swilling, surrender monkeys!" -- nm - TWuG Dec 12, 13:26
This Sucks. The guy I was buying my comics from is at the center of this ComicsPRO story - TWuG Dec 12, 13:16 6
- I would switch. -- nm - Ultron Dec 12, 13:25 3
  - I've been an Ogre customer since before Phoenix bought them. The manager of the Ogre store in Columbus was selling me comics while I was in college. - TWuG Dec 12, 13:28 2
    - But Remlik is Remlik*! - Ultron Dec 12, 13:30 1
      - you don't but you gladly take the free Nightcrawler variants I give you ya cheap bastich. -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 14:34
- Yeah I'm a member of that org....haven't heard what the dirt is though -- nm - Remlik's phone Dec 12, 13:22 1
  - I've spoken with Gary a number of times. I didn't know him well, but I'm really sorry to hear he was involved in this. -- nm - TWuG Dec 12, 13:24
The Post Office is trying to ruin Secret Stalker. - ty97 Dec 12, 13:11 3
- Always always always. -- nm - Diva Dec 12, 13:15 2
  - My Amazon Prime renews within the week and I may threaten to not renew if they don't stop using the #%)#$%#$% Post Office -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 13:18 1
    - interesting. very little I receive from them comes via usps - it's ups, fedex, a delivery service. -- nm - b. Dec 12, 14:27
B2: JD chug 1 beer, run 1 lap. Repeat four times for four beers - one mile total - JD Dec 12, 13:09 7
- hash hound harriers? never heard of this before I did a wedding for acouple, they were chugging beers at 8am -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 12, 13:28
- I've never understood this. It seems like a living ad for Mich Ultra. -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 12, 13:19 2
  - Well except that Ultra doesn't count as a beer by the 'rules' of the event - JD Dec 12, 13:26 1
    - there should be a DOD modifier based on ABV - Reagen Dec 12, 13:29
- Chunpeat -- nm - nubby Dec 12, 13:10
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  - 6 minutes is insane. I know I can't do the run alone in 6 minutes and I probably can't do the beers either in that time - JD Dec 12, 13:13
I'm out of the LDB Challenge, thanks to the Salvation Army. - ReluctantYuleLog Dec 12, 13:07 8
- I love this game -- nm - prayformojo Dec 12, 13:08
- Did you scream at them in rage? - Ultron Dec 12, 13:07 6
  - I thought all they played was... - zeitgeist Dec 12, 13:32
  - Isn't that the usual reaction to the Salvation Army? - ReluctantYuleLog Dec 12, 13:11 4
    - I'm amazed the Bell Ringers don't go insane. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 12, 14:01
    - not when Jean Simmons is there. -- nm - Nathan Detriot Dec 12, 13:14
    - "DON'T EVER PLAY LADY OF SPAIN AGAIN!!!!!!!" -- nm - Reg Dunlop Dec 12, 13:12
    - Well done. -- nm - Ultron Dec 12, 13:12
Dow -308 -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 13:02 13
- Someone help me out here: Why is the Dow dropping so dramatically in response to falling oil prices? - ReluctantYuleLog Dec 12, 13:14 11
  - I think it's dangerous to try to pin cause/effect on short-term market movements - ty97 Dec 12, 13:17 2
    - Good point. I was going with the news reports I've seen saying the drop in the Dow was because of falling oil prices. - ReluctantYuleLog Dec 12, 13:25 1
      - Certainly, that's what every news report is going with. - ty97 Dec 12, 13:28
  - Poor economic indicators in China is part of it. - TWuG Dec 12, 13:17 7
    - oil co overhead would remain steady, so when prices raise, they continue to make the same mark up but the profits to exp goes up dramatically -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 12, 13:36
    - Ah-hah! Thank you. To you and Reagen. -- nm - ReluctantYuleLog Dec 12, 13:26
    - Plus run of the mill uncertainty. - Reagen Dec 12, 13:18 4
      - Yay for selling at the top! -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 13:21 3
        
        if stocks could stay flat for about 6 months, that'd be awesome. -- nm - Reagen Dec 12, 13:23
        
        (insert reference about baseball and RC's Mom here) -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 13:22 1
        
        I still flush with embarrassment. -- nm - ReluctantYuleLog Dec 12, 13:26
- Amy Pascal still lives. Sell sell sell -- nm - Max Dec 12, 13:06
Even though I don't watch the show, Jacoby breaking down the Bachelor ladies always cracks me up -- (link) - Beaker Dec 12, 12:57
Mel has ika mail. -- nm - Ultron Dec 12, 12:52 6
- high priority beta? - Mel Profit Dec 12, 12:57 5
  - And it is to leghump. -- nm - Ultron Dec 12, 12:58 1
    - going to the Hump. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 12, 12:59
  - No, Novus. HIGH priority. -- nm - Ultron Dec 12, 12:58 2
    - the server numbers correspond to the greek letters order? so delta has to move? -- nm - b. Dec 12, 14:39
    - *spaks up a doobie* -- nm - Beaker Dec 12, 13:01
Diva's supposed to be resting. I don't want you going over there getting her all fartoost. -- nm - Good Baron Wenceslas Dec 12, 12:40
I *love* this photo of Amy Pascal and Angelina at the same event the day after the leak. -- (link) - Andie Dec 12, 12:39 26
- I suspect both Pascal and Rudin will 'retire' to spend more time with thier families in 3 to 6 months. Sony Japan is *pissed* -- nm - Remlik Dec 12, 14:36 3
  - I enjoyed the story of the S. Korean (I think) airline exec who had to quit the other day after flipping out over the presentation of... - Mel Profit Dec 12, 14:49 2
    - she flipped out...on the plane. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 12, 14:49 1
      - more... - Mel Profit Dec 12, 14:51
- wow, that is fantastic. -- nm - b. Dec 12, 14:29
- "I *will* absorb your essence." -- nm - Reagen Dec 12, 13:07 1
  - I like the subject of the meeting they were attending. - Ultron Dec 12, 13:09
- *kiss* -- nm - con_carne Dec 12, 12:46 1
  - agreed. this would make a great porn. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 12, 12:47
- it is amazing that photo. I can see laser beams almost I think. -- nm - Jovian Dec 12, 12:45 1
  - the photo taken 30seconds later shows Pascal's face melting like the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 12, 12:47
- "Oh! Angie, let me tell you this great joke I just heard." -- nm - Amy Pascal Dec 12, 12:43 1
  - ("I'm not sure what's happening right now but I *think* your hands are grabbing me. Yes, I'm pretty sure *you* are touching *me.*") -- nm - Max Dec 12, 12:51
- whoa. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 12, 12:41 6
  - Good thing Angie no longer carries a blade. -- nm - Ultron Dec 12, 12:44 5
    - there may not be enough holes in the desert for all the bodies -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Dec 12, 14:33
    - I think that stare is doing the work of a thousand daggers though. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 12, 12:51
    - I wouldn't call that safe though. Her posture is not dissimilar to how a cobra looks just before it bites you in the face. -- nm - Max Dec 12, 12:47 2
      - lolz. picturing Michael Madsen getting bite repeatedly in the face now. -- nm - Jovian Dec 12, 12:49
      - Amy shoud know by now that nothing good ever happens in a peplum. -- nm - Diva Dec 12, 12:48
- *harumph* -- nm - huffy woman Dec 12, 12:41 3
  - the framing of that shot is cherce. -- nm - Diva Dec 12, 12:44
  - Captain Hornblower? -- nm - Mr. Quisp Dec 12, 12:43
  - I as like "Angelina's wife is *pissed*" -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 12:42
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  - I love the differences in their hands. -- nm - Ultron Dec 12, 12:40
Probably surprising no one, but these of American Horror Story is a total mess. - Jovian Dec 12, 12:37 5
- It does seem more episodic rather than serialized. - Mel Profit Dec 12, 12:46 3
  - way way way too much JLANGE. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 12, 12:56 2
    - This is my favorite season of her work in it. - Mel Profit Dec 12, 12:59 1
      - I like her in small doses, this season it is like overload. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 12, 13:02
- ugh grammar much? 'but this season of' -- nm - Jovian Dec 12, 12:44
last night's wind storm blew half our fence down btw us and the party house next door .that will be a lot of work -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Dec 12, 12:33 2
- Now you can join the party! -- nm - Ultron Dec 12, 12:33 1
  - the dog has a lot more territory to explore -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Dec 12, 12:36
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- Yay health care! -- nm - ty97 Dec 12, 12:39
- what do they think of as an end game. what is their exit strategy? -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Dec 12, 12:35 1
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keep in mind, Obama was not elected by a huge ground swell of liberals but a meh by republicans, I think they are more motivated this time -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Dec 12, 12:29 1
- Yeah, there was no huge, excited groups showing up at primaries and caucuses. Oh, wait... - GregW Dec 12, 13:34
Bill Simmons versus Dan Snyder -- (link) - Beaker Dec 12, 12:29 5
- This post has been here for 20 minutes and not one person has replied, "Society"? You people are slipping. -- nm - David Dec 12, 12:52 4
  - Sorry, I was driving. -- nm - Reagen Dec 12, 13:09
  - The options of NFL widower or finding a new team....local = Ravens - Will Hunting Dec 12, 13:03
  - that would have required caring enough about Dan Snyder to click the link. No can do, my friend. -- nm - Diva Dec 12, 12:56
  - The enemy of my enemy is also my enemy. -- nm - Ultron Dec 12, 12:54
Alan Menken is writing a musical version of 'Corinna, Corinna' for Audra McDonald. -- nm - Diva Dec 12, 12:25 1
- girl can sing -- nm - prayformojo Dec 12, 12:26
todays national weather forcast :) -- (link) - Peglegpete Dec 12, 12:24 [youtube]

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