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For more insight into television, here's an article on how the NFL and CBS f**ked Jeopardy and Wheel. -- (link) - Will Hunting Dec 13, 14:18 1
- Though notice the tone and language in those emails compared to the movie emails. -- nm - Dano Dec 13, 14:49
Gas prices dropped another 10 cents overnight here in SoCal -- nm - budice Dec 13, 14:10 4
- The thing that irritates me is that this short term lowering of gas prices is encouraging people to buy new vehicles with lower fuel efficiencies. -- nm - TWuG Dec 13, 14:51
- I paid $2.99 the other day. First time that's happened in NY in I can't remember how long. -- nm - Tim Dec 13, 14:17 1
  - $2.95 at the corner gas station. And they're usually on the high side. -- nm - tobor.2 Dec 13, 14:44
- $2.20 -- nm - Ultron Dec 13, 14:16
I wonder if Rose Byrne sees Jennifer Garner doing airline ads and gets a cold shudder. -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 14:10 1
- Id Byrne that Rose at both ends. -- nm - budice Dec 13, 14:11
"I know a lot of people who weren't anything until they met Kalinda" - amoxy Dec 13, 14:08
PLP, I got your package today. It arrived at my ex's last Thursday. Haven't opened it yet though. -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 13:57 2
- I guess I eventually need your new address :)) -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 13, 14:01 1
  - Or at least make the return address out as Katy Perry. -- nm - Ultron Dec 13, 14:07
So, done with that -- nm - znufrii, bachelor of science Dec 13, 13:32 13
- Woo-hoo! Congrats! -- nm - ty97 Dec 13, 14:50
- Awesome, WTG! -- nm - amoxy Dec 13, 14:09
- You should still wear your wedding ring when you go to the bar. Chicks dig married guys. -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 13:57 1
  - crap. I guess I should have kept my ring. -- nm - Remlik Dec 13, 14:06
- woohoo, congratulations! :) - -- nm - b! Dec 13, 13:49
- Congratulations! -- nm - Roger More Dec 13, 13:37 7
  - so... I guess we should come to you with any science questions we have? -- nm - Roger More Dec 13, 13:40 6
    - or bachelors. -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 14:21 1
      - I don't know any bachelors to bring to znufrii. -- nm - Roger More Dec 13, 14:37
    - Ummm...sure? -- nm - znufrii, bachelor of science Dec 13, 13:45 3
      - what is the velocity of an unladen swallow? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 13, 14:01 2
        
        the same as a burp -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 13, 14:04
        
        African or European ? -- nm - znufrii, bachelor of science Dec 13, 14:03
my most listened to new song this week, already in an ad that played during every break of tuesday's "the voice" on xfinity app. nm but: -- (link) - b! Dec 13, 13:26
What has two thumbs and finished his Christmas shopping today? -- nm - Good Baron Wenceslas Dec 13, 12:54
Playboy ranks every episode of Star Trek (all series) ever. -- (link) - Reagen Dec 13, 12:48 18
- ok, everyone call Harlan Ellison and tell him they fucked up :))) -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 13, 14:34
- I can live with those top 10 -- nm - amoxy Dec 13, 14:14
- Poking around I see that (Tom Paris) turned 50 last month, and he directed the Chuck tv series. -- nm - Max Dec 13, 14:08
- without looking...the top 2 should be. - Mel Profit Dec 13, 14:02 2
  - spoils? - Tim Dec 13, 14:03 1
    - At least they got #2 right...but - Mel Profit Dec 13, 14:06
- I think about Inner Light whenever I wake up from an epic dream. -- nm - Max Dec 13, 13:17 2
  - Agreed. I remember watching it and thinking about it for days after. This was back when I didn't think about anything beyond the girl in chem class. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 13, 14:52
  - Yup. That is #1 on my list. -- nm - Ultron Dec 13, 13:26
- They do not like Voyager. -- nm - Tim Dec 13, 13:09 4
  - Even the cartoon is better. - David Dec 13, 13:58
  - as do all right-thinking people. -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 13:36 1
    - gasp! why I oughta ...your agonizer, please -- nm - mud Dec 13, 13:50
  - *finger to nose* -- nm - Ultron Dec 13, 13:14
- here is the top 100 of the nearly 700 eps. and I aprpove ov the top 10 -- (link) - Peglegpete Dec 13, 12:51
- Now I want to watch "Shades of Gray" -- nm - Max Dec 13, 12:50 2
  - just a clip show, sadly. -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 12:57 1
    - Not completely, but it was a total embarrassment. -- nm - amoxy Dec 13, 14:10
I've now watched Boyhood twice on Vudu after seeing it twice in the theater. I love this movie. -- nm - Dano Dec 13, 12:47
"A layaway ‘angel’ paid off 150 accounts (about $20K in merchandise) at a Toys ‘R’ Us in Massachusetts" -- (link) - prayformojo Dec 13, 12:42 1
- Wait until it turns out to be on a stolen credit card. -- nm - Ultron Dec 13, 13:02
Christmas is saved! The mysterious missing package was in front of my door when I left for WW this morning. - ty97 Dec 13, 12:39 1
- I really need to lock myself in the bedroom (or the cats in the den) and get mine put together... -- nm - Mistletoe Meg Dec 13, 12:40
LDB - I am out. I don't even have an amusing story, I heard a couple of bars while I was out grocery shopping, and it didn't register until my wife - Roger More Dec 13, 12:35 1
- I thought I heard it today but it turned out to be something else. Whew! -- nm - Good Baron Wenceslas Dec 13, 12:49
Go Navy! Beat Army! -- nm - prayformojo Dec 13, 12:21
Mop, how are the kids today? -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 13, 12:03
NFL: Thu Night game is TEN @ JAX. woo excitement. -- nm - budice Dec 13, 11:35 1
- Nuke that **** from orbit. -- nm - Good Baron Wenceslas Dec 13, 12:49
Not exactly the best customer service, I guess. -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 13, 11:35
linguistic overanalysis: A statistical analysis of 30 years of Letterman's Top Ten lists. -- (link) - Max Dec 13, 11:24
Fuck Everything, We're Going 8K -- (link) - LG Dec 13, 10:46 5
- When did Gillette get into the TV business? -- nm - Good Baron Wenceslas Dec 13, 12:58
- do we know anyone with 4K? -- nm - mud Dec 13, 11:31 2
  - Joel McHale -- nm - Ultron Dec 13, 14:17
  - We have a couple 4K monitors at work -- nm - oblique Dec 13, 12:41
- HA! I knew it. -- nm - Remlik Dec 13, 11:14
The first single tree yoke is hung in the dining room and I'm very pleased with the look. Two more small ones to go - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 13, 10:30 1
- do have any without cholesterol? -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Dec 13, 11:19
After using Google's Inbox for a while, one thing that is dreadful is the extra clicks it takes to accomplish the same tasks. - Qale Dec 13, 10:22 10
- If they'd just put a delete button it would be world's better. -- nm - droidlet Dec 13, 11:20 1
  - Why do you hate data, spamlet? -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 12:42
- I -- nm - droidlet Dec 13, 11:19
- I i -- nm - droidlet Dec 13, 11:19
- And have Google Maps cut back on the information they provide? Seems to me when I used to - Mistletoe Meg Dec 13, 10:52 3
  - I dunno about that one. I probably don't use it enough to know. It does still tell me which lane I should be in to make turns which is nice. -- nm - Qale Dec 13, 10:55 2
    - Ah, you're talking about the mobile app? I use the online system for pre-planning. -- nm - Mistletoe Meg Dec 13, 10:59 1
      - Oh yeah, sorry. I actually kind of forgot about the PC version. -- nm - Qale Dec 13, 11:07
- My experience with Google Now isn't inspiring me to make the jump to Inbox - Reagen Dec 13, 10:29 1
  - Snoozing in Inbox is great. But I don't get enough email to really need it. I'm more fond of Google Now actually. - Qale Dec 13, 10:34
*yawn* :) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 09:59
BoxOffice - Fri#s: Exodus $8.63M, Mockingjay $3.79M, Top Five $2.5M, Penguins $1.57M, Interstellar $1.49M -- nm - budice Dec 13, 09:27
Huzzah! The scale finally figured out I was back in losing mode. -- nm - ty97 Dec 13, 09:13 4
- Yeah! -- nm - Kim Pine Dec 13, 11:38
- Huzzah! -- nm - ReluctantYuleLog Dec 13, 10:04
- I was exactly the same this morning as I was 5 weeks ago. Considering a couple of holiday events, two baking sprees and hot toddies for the head cold - Mistletoe Meg Dec 13, 09:24 1
  - Yup, that's a win right there!1 -- nm - ty97 Dec 13, 09:27
at the Georgetown basketball game. you can tell it'a study days b/c there are about 3 cheerleaders and 10 band members here - prayformojo Dec 13, 08:35 1
- yeah, so . . . i'm just hear because it's part of one of my music classes requirements -- nm - random band member of your choice Dec 13, 08:42
Adam Savage interviews John Cleese -- (link) - znufrii Dec 13, 08:29
Analytics infecting hockey, too. -- (link) - Tim Dec 13, 08:20 1
- I love how people can rail against Corsi numbers as being too egghead while at the same time utilizing +/-. - Reagen Dec 13, 08:25
The little bastards didn't fall asleep until after midnight and thought they'd get up before 6? Nuh-uh! -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 07:21
i suspect that, in a few hours, things will get bloody red on that other site . . . - call me Ishmael Dec 13, 07:14
LDB challenge: I'm out - sgtmike Dec 13, 06:45 8
- Me too. Christmas carol radio station. A version I had never heard before. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 13, 10:35 1
  - it's like you wanted to lose. -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 11:59
- ST is dropping like flies now . . . and we've still a week and a half or more to go . . . -- nm - call me Ishmael Dec 13, 08:43 1
  - 'Tis the season ... -- nm - ReluctantYuleLog Dec 13, 10:05
- brutal -- nm - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 13, 08:05
- Crappy way to go out. I thought it would get me on Thursday as the train was stuck in the station and a guy was playing on the platform. - Krusty Dec 13, 07:05 2
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    - I don't hate the song but it's not one I'd put on to listen to. -- nm - Krusty Dec 13, 07:14
I think I may be pathetically out of shape when riding a bicycle. I'm feeling like absolute crapola after only a 5 miler. - CQ draped in tinsel Dec 13, 06:11 3
- I'm the reverse. I can bike for hours, but running kicks my ass. -- nm - Reagen Dec 13, 06:51
- Maybe you went out to quickly on the bike while you pace yourself better when you run. - Krusty Dec 13, 06:23 1
  - UGH!!! *too* -- nm - Krusty Dec 13, 06:23
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"Michelle what is it I always say?" "Michelle I'm the boss" "no not that" "Michelle how do I delete my browser history" *click* -- nm - Beaker Dec 13, 04:58
I did it. I couldn't hold out any longer. I read Episode 7 Spoilers. If true, I'll be there opening night. (NO Spoilers) - Mel Profit Dec 13, 04:48 4
- See, this should include a link to tempt the rest of us. -- nm - Truman Dec 13, 05:27 3
  - I will not be tempted to join the Dark Side. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 13, 05:49 2
    - but they have cookies . . . -- nm - call me Ishmael Dec 13, 07:21 1
      - call me when they have cake. [nm] - Mel Profit Dec 13, 08:47
Telephone scammer to old person: You owe money, pay up. Old person: I can't get to the bank. Scammer: The cab is at your door. -- (link) - Covington Dec 13, 04:46 1
- Yeah, they're getting elaborate, with callback numbers, supervisors, and offices. -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 07:24
Angelina Jolie will not attend premiere and upcoming events for 'Unbroken' because she says she has chickenpox. -- nm - Diva Dec 13, 03:26 4
- I wonder if amy pascal has had it. -- nm - b! Dec 13, 13:29
- Is it on her shoulders? -- nm - Ultron Dec 13, 08:32
- cheap bitch. -- nm - Sony Dec 13, 07:25
- ~bwak bwak bwak bwak, better run run run run run run run away~ - Covington Dec 13, 04:35
Yusef (aka Cat Stevens) did a tuareg (north african rather bluesy) tune with the lyrics to You are my sunshine which melded quite nicely -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 13, 00:37
What's special about this special edition of Toy Story? -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 13, 00:32 2
- some new shorts & TS3 preview - gort Dec 13, 09:35 1
  - Thanks -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 09:48
The Sin City series is awful but Anna Kendrick should do Sin City 3 just because. -- nm - Max Dec 12, 23:48
Asking the screenwriters of Skyfall to punch up the 3rd act of Spectre seems very much like having the fox guard the henhouse. -- nm - Mop Dec 12, 23:46 3
- There were some good bits in Skyfall. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 00:03 2
  - It's the 3rd act where it falls apart. -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 00:04 1
    - Damn netflix canada for not having any Bond films ... -- nm - Beryllium Dec 13, 00:09
Britain’s Hottest New Bar Is Inside a Public Bathroom -- (link) - budice Dec 12, 22:44 2
- Stefon? -- nm - Tim Dec 12, 22:44 1
  - does it have *everything*? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 12, 23:37
SCOTUS rules workers need not be paid for mandated time waiting, amazon employees hang around half hour for security at end of shift -- (link) - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Dec 12, 22:38 3
- I suppose if they unionize, they can negotiate this. -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 07:20
- Huh? -- nm - budice Dec 12, 22:39 1
  - after a day's shift under amazon's grueling work site (whole nuther issue) they can't leave until they pass through security to be checked 4 theft - zeitgeist Dec 12, 23:37
Nightcrawler A Incredible movie (spoilers) - amoxy Dec 12, 22:25
Tim: Hideo Itami is my new wrestling boyfriend and Balor is the pet we keep in the basement. -- nm - Qale Dec 12, 22:24 1
- Heh. That entrance though. -- nm - Tim Dec 12, 22:44
One casualty so far. Headache and vomiting. Super. -- nm - Mop Dec 12, 22:01 2
- you...or one of the kids? -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 13, 00:35 1
  - Not me. -- nm - Mop Dec 13, 11:18
Sony Hack: Amy Pascal and Scott Rudin Bought X-Box Ones instead. -- nm - David Dec 12, 21:52 2
- Just wait for the email that shows Bery is talking to Sony about an ST movie -- nm - eag Dec 12, 21:58 1
  - 1997 script revision showed Marlon Brando as RC -- nm - budice Dec 12, 22:02
Still in the LDB challenge, suckas. -- nm - loosi at home Dec 12, 21:49 6
- wait a minute...you can just take the batteries out of your hearing aides and never hear it ever -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 12, 23:39
- Guess it helps that I don't 'intentionally' listen to much music. It'll be the mall or the market that gets me. -- nm - Mistletoe Meg Dec 12, 21:56 1
  - me neither but that's how you lose! -- nm - loosi at home Dec 12, 22:38
- Gonna hire carolers to come to your door. -- nm - budice Dec 12, 21:52 2
  - tricks don't count! -- nm - loosi at home Dec 12, 21:54 1
    - look at it this way. in a few months after cleaning, etc. you will have a set of singing skulls :) -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 12, 21:58
Relax -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 12, 21:45

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