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AC: Unity is $30 at Amazon (maybe still too much based on poor reviews) -- (link) - budice Dec 15, 07:30 5
- dang it, I thought this would be good for my nephew who is being deployed to Japan. other suggestions? -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 15, 07:31 4
  - Do you know what types of games he plays? -- nm - Ender Dec 15, 07:36
  - Shadows of Mordor. -- nm - Shaun Dec 15, 07:33 2
    - yeah. It's excellent. -- nm - decline Dec 15, 07:37 1
      - thanks -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 15, 07:43
AP reporting that police have stormed the cafe in Australia where hostages are being held -- nm - Bacon Dec 15, 07:27
Sydney: Hostages seen fleeing from cafe at centre -- (link) - budice Dec 15, 07:25 4
- CNN-CPR being performed on at least 2 after Sydney siege, which has now ended -- (link) - budice Dec 15, 07:33 1
  - i want to comment here, but everything i say sounds trite. just hoping for the best for all. -- nm - Andie Dec 15, 07:47
- RUN WIGGIE RUN -- nm - nubby Dec 15, 07:29
- Heavily armed police storm Sydney cafe where gunman has been holding hostages -- (link) - budice Dec 15, 07:26
NFLPA suing the NFL over the Adrian Peterson case -- (link) - Beaker Dec 15, 07:22 1
- Adrian Peterson wins judicial lottery! Federal lawsuit assigned to Judge David Doty, who consistently rules against NFL. TRO more likely now -- (link) - budice Dec 15, 07:36
Christmas: Just 10 days away! -- nm - budice Dec 15, 07:20 7
- Like every year. I still haven't bought a single thing. - Bacon Dec 15, 07:29
- Got my mother and future sister-in-law covered. Ordered something for dad, but it's currently out of stock at Amazon, so we'll see if that comes in. - Ender Dec 15, 07:29
- for the love of all things holy, I wish you people would tell me what to get my sister! -- nm - peggy ann mchomesweethome Dec 15, 07:23 4
  - well, - Andie Dec 15, 07:33
  - Dianetics by L. Ron Hubbard -- nm - budice Dec 15, 07:28
  - board game? make up box monthly delivery? omaha steaks? sherpa blanket? new running shoes? -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 15, 07:27
  - Spa cerificate, one of those Fitbit thingies, bottle of wine -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 07:25
75 years ago today Gone with the Wind had it's premiere. -- (link) - spamlet Dec 15, 07:06
PetSmart to be sold for $8.7B -- (link) - Beaker Dec 15, 07:06 1
- Longview is going to make a killing -- nm - decline Dec 15, 07:10
Baby born at 10:11 on 12/13/14 -- (link) - Beaker Dec 15, 07:05 3
- See BB. We discussed the name. -- nm - Ultron Dec 15, 07:25
- If only she were 8 lb, 9 oz. -- nm - Good Baron Wenceslas Dec 15, 07:09 1
  - 15 pounds 16 ounces! -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 07:10
Manziel's career record against teams that do not have tigers as mascots: 18-2. Manziel's career record against tiger mascots 2-5. -- nm - budice Dec 15, 06:56 1
- He'll need to do something about his ailurophobia if he wants to make it in the NFL. -- nm - Good Baron Wenceslas Dec 15, 06:56
Oil/Gas: down another 5 cents overnight to $2.45/gal -- nm - budice Dec 15, 06:46 7
- $93.9 cents a litre here yesterday at Costco. Has been droppeding steadily -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 06:52 1
  - It took $45 to fill our Outlander Saturday (St. Mary's). That's remarkable. -- nm - Shaun Dec 15, 06:53
- $2.09 by our house. Diesel finally fell all the way to 3.19. -- nm - spamlet Dec 15, 06:48
- To offer some perspective on the Disneyland markup. Gas stations near the park just barely broke the $3.00 barrier this weekend. -- nm - budice Dec 15, 06:48 1
  - Hey, you gotta use your DisneyBucks on something. -- nm - Good Baron Wenceslas Dec 15, 07:00
- we're still at $2.80. gas is *so* expensive here. -- nm - peggy ann mchomesweethome Dec 15, 06:47 1
  - I happened to notice the price yesterday and it was $3.05 here. -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 06:48
Guess the line in this column that sent a shiver down my spine... -- (link) - David Dec 15, 06:39 7
- My nephew goes to the school. He needs to make friends with that kid asap! -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 06:59 3
  - I'm sayin'! -- nm - David Dec 15, 07:31
  - "drink this goldfish" -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 07:26
  - *the=that* -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 07:00
- I found this part amusing... - Inigo Dec 15, 06:50
- spoils - prayformojo Dec 15, 06:41 1
  - Indeed. -- nm - David Dec 15, 06:41
When the weekend began, I was maybe 20% done Christmas shopping. Now 85%+ -- nm - ty97 Dec 15, 06:39
The 25 best podcast episodes ever. -- (link) - Krusty Dec 15, 06:36 9 1
- 4/25. Their second-best is my #1. -- nm - nubby Dec 15, 06:38 8
  - I've heard 2, 4, 5, and 6. Will download 7 to listen with the kiddo. - spamlet Dec 15, 06:51
  - It's up there for me as well. I'd have to sit back and think about which episodes I've loved the most. - Krusty Dec 15, 06:46 5
    - my favorite podcast ever (it's all so personal) is a TAL episode. -- (link) - peggy ann mchomesweethome Dec 15, 07:12 4
      - I think I missed that one. I'll check it out. -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 07:14
      - Yeah, it's really hard not to pick a TAL episode as my favorite. But yet, it's really hard for me to pick a favorite TAL ep. -- nm - spamlet Dec 15, 07:14 2
        
        it's hard to pick top ten, even. I really like teenage embed, fiasco, seemed like a good idea, nubby's favorite... -- nm - peggy ann mchomesweethome Dec 15, 07:18 1
        
        I love the ones that sound really stupid and end up surprising me like the car dealership one. - spamlet Dec 15, 07:23
  - Agreed. -- nm - Inigo Dec 15, 06:43
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- Unless the Bears completely shut down the Saints, I just can't see me winning. - spamlet Dec 15, 06:53
- Raygun ate his Flutie Flakes -- nm - budice Dec 15, 06:34
Canadians, Americans Disagree On the important question of ‘Butts' Versus ‘Boobs'......(link) -- nm - Walt_Disney Dec 15, 06:24 3
- I really thought this was one of the provisions that we had settled in NAFTA - prayformojo Dec 15, 06:25
- Opps...link here... -- (link) - Walt_Disney Dec 15, 06:25 1
  - Canada is right again. -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 07:00
As long as Forte gets 30 carries, gains no yards, and fumbles on every single one of them, I win. I totally got this. -- nm - Good Baron Wenceslas Dec 15, 06:21 4
- You can choke on Rodgers and Nelson!! - Bacon Dec 15, 07:25
- go Baron! -- nm - budice Dec 15, 06:24 2
  - *subs in one of those puny Breaking Madden players and puts a Forte jersey on him* -- nm - Good Baron Wenceslas Dec 15, 06:26 1
    - I got a total of 1 TD from RBs/WRs/TEs. To still be in this is a blessing. -- nm - budice Dec 15, 06:29
5 people released in Sydney, still unknown number being held -- (link) - Beaker Dec 15, 06:09 1
- that's the same five that they said 'escaped' earlier, i think? -- nm - Andie Dec 15, 06:16
So, I finally caught up to Castle after being like a season and a half behind. What show should I hit next? - oblique Dec 15, 06:04 6
- Shield and The Wrong Mans (on Hulu) and Broadchurch. -- nm - LMS Dec 15, 07:10
- Shield (starts slow, but mid-season 1 it kicks off). I've enjoyed the last couple seasons of Supernatural -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 06:07
- speaking of TV, I quit PoI, scandal, how to get away with murder. -- nm - peggy ann mchomesweethome Dec 15, 06:04 3
  - boooo! POI remains as one of my favorite shows on TV -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 06:19 2
    - it's not that it's not good. it's that it's so dense. and kind of bleak. -- nm - peggy ann mchomesweethome Dec 15, 06:33 1
      - ahh, very true -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 06:53
I have always been slightly behind on Serial listening, so i had to avoid all spoiler conversations, here is what i think (it's nothing revelatory) - Andie Dec 15, 05:59 11
- My head tells me that you're right. (spoiler) - Krusty Dec 15, 06:53 5
  - right (spoiler) - Andie Dec 15, 07:00 4
    - but (not really spoilers) - spamlet Dec 15, 07:05 3
      - Good point. It's easy to forget we're getting much more info than the jury ever received. - Krusty Dec 15, 07:07 2
        
        I recall the jury *spoils* - Pippy Bells Dec 15, 07:12 1
        
        This is why I'll never get selected for a jury. - nubby Dec 15, 07:30
- We just got through the "Deal with Jay" episode. I concur. - spamlet Dec 15, 06:48 1
  - I agree with you and take it a step further *spoils* - Pippy Bells Dec 15, 06:57
- Agreed. Amanda posted a reddit thread that had a pretty good theory about *spoils* - Pippy Bells Dec 15, 06:23 2
  - I also want to point out that at the 1st episode to the 11th episode, its scary to think that someone can go to jail *spoils* - Pippy Bells Dec 15, 06:26 1
    - Agreed. Seeing how this played out makes you question so much about our system of justice. -- nm - Krusty Dec 15, 07:02
3 episodes behind. But that was the finale of Newsroom last night right? -- nm - Jovian Dec 15, 05:58 11
- Each season was shorter than the previous one. Also, six episodes isn't a season and is crap. - Krusty Dec 15, 06:01 8
  - *laughs* -- nm - Sherlock Dec 15, 07:26
  - I wish there had only been six episodes last season. -- nm - David Dec 15, 06:09 4
    - True but this season I want more than these six. Too much of the bad and not enough of the good. - Krusty Dec 15, 06:15 3
      - He definitely finished strong. -- nm - David Dec 15, 06:25 2
        
        Why only 3 seasons? -- nm - kelly Dec 15, 06:46 1
        
        I read in Variety he doesn't want to do TV anymore but I'm not sure that's why he ended the show so soon. - Krusty Dec 15, 07:11
  - No wonder he's broke! -- nm - Roger More Dec 15, 06:04 1
    - too busy banging writers to write his own stuff! -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 06:09
- Prioritize it. -- nm - David Dec 15, 06:01
- yes -- nm - prayformojo Dec 15, 05:58
FF FJS: I have faith that my Chicago Bears will not allow Marquess Wilson to score more than 20 fantasy points tonight - oblique Dec 15, 05:56
My head is so muddled I started doubting I actually have today off. So I called my boss. - Covington Dec 15, 05:36 3
- Sounds like you will be calling your boss often to make sure you are actually off. - Ultron Dec 15, 07:33
- woot! feel better -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 15, 06:24
- Coolio! -- nm - JenBro Dec 15, 05:44
Counting today, 8 more days of work in 2014 - prayformojo Dec 15, 05:27 4
- 5 for me! -- nm - JaxSean Dec 15, 07:23
- 10.5 here -- nm - JenBro Dec 15, 05:45
- I think I may be done for the year. -- nm - peggy ann mchomesweethome Dec 15, 05:40
- 3 for me. -- nm - Ender Dec 15, 05:39
There was exactly *one* 100-yard rusher yesterday -- nm - prayformojo Dec 15, 05:18
"Sony Pictures warns news organizations to destroy ‘stolen’ e-mails, documents" -- (link) - prayformojo Dec 15, 04:59
Boobs is scheduled to be at the NYE party. How am I supposed to sleep knowing that? -- nm - Mop Dec 15, 04:33 1
- Sweet dreams! -- nm - Covington Dec 15, 05:09
The bronchitis I had last month was bad. This head/chest cold is worse. - Covington Dec 15, 04:27 4
- ugh ... feel better soon! -- nm - JenBro Dec 15, 05:45
- Get well soon CCC -- nm - prayformojo Dec 15, 05:26 1
  - Is he sick? -- nm - Roger More Dec 15, 05:54
- The chest cold is going around here but no fever and no runny nose. it's taken out half my office. -- nm - Mop Dec 15, 04:34
Quebec's financial regulator has raided the world's largest online gambling company (Poker Stars). -- (link) - Beaker Dec 15, 04:04
It's morning on the east coast. I should go to bed. -- nm - Mop Dec 15, 03:18
David Boies tells news outlets to stop releasing Sony leaked details. -- (link) - Mop Dec 15, 03:14 1
- good luck with that -- nm - Beaker Dec 15, 04:27
so is there just the one gunmen? in Sydney -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Dec 15, 02:21 1
- They're being very vague about the details, intentionally. I suspect they wait until he's asleep and then breach. -- nm - Mop Dec 15, 03:13
If Drew Brees could develop a religious objection to football in the next 14 hours or so, that'd be super. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 00:15 1
- I'd prefer he'd forget to throw to anyone else but Colston. - droidlet Dec 15, 05:33
So Gone Girl can have an A. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 00:14
Funny movie rating ... -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 14, 22:08
Hee, we've had new views added to the barn owl site and one of our senior members said she couldn't get the one view to stream...... - Mistletoe Meg Dec 14, 21:46 3
- And in case you wondered..."old" to me these days is anyone over 80 :) - Mistletoe Meg Dec 14, 22:15
- "now where's my tab?" -- nm - mafic Dec 14, 21:48 1
  - heheh. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 21:51
Hah look before they fix it. DOW futures up over 9000 points -- (link) - Bacon mobile Dec 14, 21:43 2
- Damned decimals........ or perhaps it's in the rounding :) -- nm - Mistletoe Meg Dec 14, 22:58
- 17,000 points. 9800%. -- nm - Mop Dec 14, 21:53
LDB Challenge:In the latest episode of The Getaway, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash go to Tokyo. Faxon tells a story of going to see Neil Diamond in college... - Mop Dec 14, 21:41
"So who would you take with you on a desert island?" (spoilers Good Wife) - amoxy Dec 14, 21:40
Has David ever been more wrong than he is on Newsroom? (spoils) - Name Withheld By Request Dec 14, 21:22 5
- I don't even know how to process this level of wrongness. -- nm - David Dec 15, 05:33
- Mackenzie basically went to the zoo and told that little girl to jump into the lion's den and give the big kitty a hug. -- nm - Max Dec 15, 03:59
- only about being a viking. there is a reason it's called David-level crazy (but I haven't seen Newsroom). -- nm - mafic Dec 14, 21:40
- West Wing II. the Seaborn Presidency -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 14, 21:24 1
  - Nailed it. Exactly! This! -- nm - Flavorize Dec 14, 21:54
Sorry to say this but I think I'm sick and I'm not going to bear this alone, so one of you is gettin' it too. - Max Dec 14, 21:18 4
- Welcome to my two weeks ago. -- nm - Spawndroid Dec 14, 21:33
- Hey! Burdening ST with illness is MY thing! -- nm - Mop Dec 14, 21:30
- I had it last night and today. -- nm - Remlik Dec 14, 21:21 1
  - Yeah I started feeling something last night and it has stayed with me most of the day -- nm - eag Dec 14, 21:42

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