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Bad Omen when your FG kicker is named Blewitt -- nm - budice Jan 2, 12:22
wap? Entirety of Manila sets off fireworks at the same time for New Years -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 2, 12:12
Armed Forces Bowl suddenly interesting on ESPN -- nm - budice Jan 2, 12:11 1
- Sure did!! -- nm - Meg Jan 2, 12:16
the mall was in-sane today. Busier than before Christmas it seemed -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 12:09
Drunk Genius Takes Freeway In Stolen Rose Bowl Golf Cart To Get To His Car, -- (link) - budice Jan 2, 12:08
$34 is a *lot* to pay for a pie -- nm - prayformojo Jan 2, 12:04
Damn! Gatlinburg is busier today than in the summer. -- nm - Covington on mobile Jan 2, 12:01 3
- It's the last weekend for lights, I think. -- nm - Kim Pine Jan 2, 12:06 2
  - Really? If there isn't a car show, we should go. -- nm - David, Level 31 Warlock Jan 2, 12:08
  - But it's not dark *now* -- nm - Covington on mobile Jan 2, 12:08
Black Mirror Season 2 Ep. 2 White Bear...That was fucked up (spoilers) - amoxy Jan 2, 11:57
UPS is holding my new short slouchy black boots hostage. they left me an info notice on 12/31 (which I signed and left for them) - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Jan 2, 11:51
CDAN: Harry Potter hits the bottle... -- (link) - budice Jan 2, 11:46 5
- That was a really nice one about Kate Upton earlier today -- nm - amoxy Jan 2, 11:59
- CDAN: They call it Entrapment ... or Disclosure. -- (link) - budice Jan 2, 11:51 1
  - Are they calling her a hooker or a hooker-frequenter? -- nm - David, Level 31 Warlock Jan 2, 12:07
- man, I hate new CDAN. -- nm - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Jan 2, 11:48
- yeah, heard he was a boozer -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 11:46
ST Poll: Would you find this joke funny or strange/in poor taste? - con_carne Jan 2, 11:45 5
- a little of both, -- nm - Truman Jan 2, 12:27
- The reaction is what troubles me in this anecdote. -- nm - David, Level 31 Warlock Jan 2, 12:24
- Dick move. -- nm - TWuG Jan 2, 12:18
- *shrug*. i wouldn't get too upset over that, pretty clearly a joke. -- nm - Andie Jan 2, 11:52
- dick move. If it wasn't me might be funny; but if done to me, dick punch worthy -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 11:46
Slow. damn. board. -- nm - prayformojo Jan 2, 11:42 1
- meh, i've seen slower . . . -- nm - call me Ishmael Jan 2, 11:45
Destiny question... - David, Level 31 Warlock Jan 2, 11:30 13
- if you would prefer discipline over what ever the current helm offers, then yes. -- nm - Truman Jan 2, 11:44 8
  - Same helm, better stats...but the current helm is fully upgraded. -- nm - David, Level 31 Warlock Jan 2, 11:45 7
    - the way we play, we upgrade this shit fast, so I would take the higher end result every time. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 11:48 6
      - Yeah, that's a good point. I just worked so hard to get all three up to 31. - David, Level 31 Warlock Jan 2, 12:04 5
        
        then only put it on when you turn in bouties, unitl it gets upgraded. -- nm - Truman Jan 2, 12:08 4
        
        When you upgrade an item with Xur, you lose its stats. -- nm - David, Level 31 Warlock Jan 2, 12:12 3
        
        then just buy the new and keep the old -- nm - Truman Jan 2, 12:21 2
        
        It's not for sale that way. You're *terrible* at theoreticals! -- nm - David, Level 31 Warlock Jan 2, 12:23 1
        
        when i did it it was, so since i cannot see xur today, how i am supposed to know it isnt? -- nm - Truman Jan 2, 12:24
- sure. -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 11:31 3
  - I assume the other stats are the same though? -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 11:32 2
    - It's just Discipline. I currently have +91. This one would go up to +120. -- nm - David, Level 31 Warlock Jan 2, 11:32 1
      - I think you have to upgrade your stats wherever you can. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 11:41
What I learned on January 1, 2015: ATM cards expire. - ty97 Jan 2, 11:20 3
- Americans are weird....I have never had a debit or bank card expire. Credit Cards do though. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jan 2, 11:56
- oh shit; you just reminded me my primary spend card expired. thanks! -- nm - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Jan 2, 11:48
- Yup, that's generally the way it works..... -- nm - Meg Jan 2, 11:25
Out of the blue question/observation: So for a while now every site with an account has a "Sign up with Facebook" option - con_carne Jan 2, 11:07 13
- You don't have to remember a separate username and password is the main benefit. - droidlet Jan 2, 11:15 3
  - All those good password security habits I learned over the years was for nothing! -- nm - con_carne Jan 2, 11:18 2
    - "password" is too hard to remember twice! -- nm - Ultron Jan 2, 11:20 1
      - damm right. -- nm - tru's boss si. Jan 2, 12:26
- It uses the Open Auth protocol to exchange authentication information so you don't have to go through a registration form process -- nm - Beryllium Jan 2, 11:14 8
  - It sounds like you know Federated ID concepts. - Mel Profit Jan 2, 11:48 2
    - Names like this always sound like an Archer or The Office reference to me now -- nm - con_carne Jan 2, 11:50 1
      - No. Those would be fun. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 2, 11:51
  - (I haven't added this feature to ST yet, although I've been pondering it for a few years) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 2, 11:15 4
    - Sorry, Spawn. -- nm - droidlet Jan 2, 11:17 3
      - They let you sign up with your google, as well. -- nm - Ultron Jan 2, 11:18 2
        
        There's a whole bunch of authentication providers. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 2, 11:37
        
        I'll get to it right after the avatars -- nm - Bery si Jan 2, 11:29
World Juniors - US/RUS spoils - Reagen Jan 2, 10:37
Yesterday kieran asked "why isn't there a mushroom any more?" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 2, 10:19 2
- (I told him I changed it to a christmas picture ... he said 'but it's not christmas any more') -- nm - Beryllium Jan 2, 10:31 1
  - bring back the mushroom :)))) -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 2, 11:11
Enty revealed this NFL blind item on Twitter -- (link) - nubby Jan 2, 10:15 1
- spoiler - nubby Jan 2, 10:15
OSU girl: it wasn't her sidepiece...it was her mainpiece -- (link) - Remlik Jan 2, 09:58 2
- ST is full of sick, parasitic bloggers. -- nm - Ultron Jan 2, 10:56
- I still think she ate something. Maybe he had snacks in his hoodie? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 2, 10:00
LYC: Beat VoG on hard mode again last night; team was atrocious; loot was the ship and 2 damn helmets. - Shaun Jan 2, 09:47 18
- looks like I am not spending anything at Xur this week. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 11:16
- before I got kicked twice off the game last night I ran it with a buddy of hours and his friends... - Remlik Jan 2, 10:00 16
  - You n00b. It's called the relic the boss there is The Templar. You have to sneak past the gorgons because they are more or less invincible. - Shaun Jan 2, 10:03 15
    - HA! I've only done parts of VOG never the whole thing... -- nm - Remlik Jan 2, 10:04 14
      - I am like this for Crota's End. I've done the 1st chest thing solo which is easy and I have downed Crota twice, but have not done it fresh. -- nm - Shaun Jan 2, 10:07 12
        
        i've mostly figured out the get to the second lamp, get on the rock, let the lamp blow up, go flying, walk to the bridge section. -- nm - Truman Jan 2, 10:46 9
        
        which means i should be able to run away and get to the all the chests unmolested. - Truman Jan 2, 10:47 8
        
        There's only one chest in that section. -- nm - Shaun Jan 2, 10:53 7
        
        I found one hidden right where the Ogres are. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 10:55 6
        
        To clarify: there's one chest, but it can spawn in multiple locations. - Shaun Jan 2, 10:58 3
        
        I just got a damn second Mida Multi Tool. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 2, 11:04 1
        
        damm you. again. though i got the gloves, so i have 2 pieces of gear. -- nm - Truman Jan 2, 11:10
        
        I hated that right up until I got to level 31 with my last character because I had so many shards. -- nm - David, Level 31 Warlock Jan 2, 11:03
        
        The chest moves. -- nm - David, Level 31 Warlock Jan 2, 10:58 1
        
        aww -- nm - Truman Jan 2, 11:04
        
        We beat the second part yesterday. Here is a map for the first section. -- (link) - David Jan 2, 10:35 [Image] 1
        
        I saw a video this morning where a hunter, equipped with the maxed exotic gauntlets from Xur today, *walked* thru the first part. - Shaun Jan 2, 10:37
      - and I fucked up the team because if you sneak past all the gorgons w/o getting caught... - Remlik Jan 2, 10:04
Remlik: AJ Green did not practice, nor did TRich. -- nm - Ultron Jan 2, 09:42 4
- gonna be interesting -- nm - Remlik Jan 2, 09:55
- In both cases, the Colts defence is happy. -- nm - Shaun Jan 2, 09:49
- Leveon Bell OUT vs Ravens -- (link) - budice Jan 2, 09:46 1
  - Well at least they can fall back on Blou... dammit! -- nm - Reagen Jan 2, 09:48
Did anybody catch this during the game? - David, Level 31 Warlock Jan 2, 09:35 2
- They all need to miss a game for that. -- nm - Urban Jan 2, 09:38
- I didn't see or hear anything about it until this morning -- nm - prayformojo Jan 2, 09:36
Cubanos will be prepared for dinner in exactly five hours. Repeat, five hours - prayformojo Jan 2, 09:33 2
- How many times did you see the chef movie? -- nm - budice Jan 2, 09:37
- *likes* -- nm - Shaun Jan 2, 09:34
The most maddening thing about Blomkamp's Alien project getting scuttled: They were going to bring back Hicks. -- (link) - Mop Jan 2, 09:31
Prince Andrew, Duke of York, named in underage 'sex slave' lawsuit over claims of forced sexual relations -- (link) - Mop Jan 2, 09:29 1
- yup. it'll be the first huge scandal of the year -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 2, 11:01
5-pound Gummy Bear vs Liquid Nitrogen -- (link) - plane Jan 2, 09:28 [youtube]
"And Kellan Lutz as William Shatner" - Today in "Upcoming Film Credits" Jan 2, 09:27 2
- I feel like Shatner is being grievously insulted there. - David, Level 31 Warlock Jan 2, 09:31 1
  - Anyone over the intelligence of a reasonably smart Labrador Retreiver would be insulted. -- nm - Reagen Jan 2, 10:46
a hoard of over 5000 Anglo-Saxon coins found in England over Christmas -- (link) - Peglegpete Jan 2, 09:26
wow...Bono's injury was *bad* he's got a titanium elbow now... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 2, 09:23 1
- ~Can I play the piano anymore?~ ~Well of course you can~ ~Well I couldn't before!~ -- nm - Reagen Jan 2, 09:29
Ant-Man preview. -- (link) - Ultron Jan 2, 09:23 [youtube] 5
- I still can't believe that's going to be a movie... -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 2, 09:24 4
  - people said the same thing about GOTG -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 11:09
  - They're pranking all of us. -- nm - Mop Jan 2, 09:33 1
    - Didn;t you watch that? - Ultron Jan 2, 09:39
  - took them long enough. it was one of the 1st movies announced. in 2006 at San Diego Comic Con -- nm - Remlik Jan 2, 09:31
Boom Herron is having quite the week. An OSU product, played on the Bengals practice squad. -- nm - Ultron Jan 2, 09:19
Hayley Atwell talks a little about Agent Carter (starts next week).... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 2, 09:18
"How China’s taste for bone wine could spell doom for tigers" -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 2, 09:16 4
- *zips up* -- nm - plane Jan 2, 09:18 1
  - You're going to get a rash. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 2, 09:19
- I knew some sloots in college who had a constant thirst for bone wine. -- nm - nubby Jan 2, 09:17
- It could spell *what* for tigers? -- nm - Mop Jan 2, 09:16
So I was driving home on New Year's Eve. - Mop Jan 2, 09:16
This dude is *tired*. -- (link) - Ultron Jan 2, 09:13 1
- Would have been great if he'd just lumbered up to the basket, got the ball, and dunked it. -- nm - Mop Jan 2, 09:14
so today i am telecommuting into work, while literally commuting across kansas in an rv. - Truman Jan 2, 09:10 6
- Keep your eyes on the road! -- nm - Ultron Jan 2, 09:20 3
  - Sure! If it'll make you feel better! -- nm - Richard Pryor Jan 2, 09:28
  - oh, you mean this thing doesnt drive itself? i better get off the couch then. - Truman Jan 2, 09:21 1
    - Cruise Control! -- nm - Reagen Jan 2, 09:22
- Travels with Truman -- nm - rollo Jan 2, 09:18
- About Truman. -- (link) - budice Jan 2, 09:16 [Image]
ST Poll: On a scale of Dowager Countess Violet (1) to Mrs. Patmore (10), how pumped are you for the new (to PBS) season of Downton Abbey? - con_carne Jan 2, 09:10 13
- i am pretty much Little Sybie excited, - Andie Jan 2, 09:36 2
  - yep, looking forward to it. -- nm - Diva Jan 2, 09:50 1
    - You seem eager as Lord Gillingham! -- nm - con_carne Jan 2, 11:33
- This season promises harrumphing that is off the charts! -- nm - Reagen Jan 2, 09:16 1
  - You I rank emo Lady Mary -- nm - con_carne Jan 2, 09:58
- it was pretty good this year. -- nm - Remlik Jan 2, 09:13 2
  - I particularly liked the finale - con_carne Jan 2, 10:02
  - Agreed - con_carne Jan 2, 09:56
- I rank a "snooty bloke with a monocle" - prayformojo Jan 2, 09:13 1
  - That would be more of a chap - con_carne Jan 2, 10:33
- is there a negative option? -- nm - Truman Jan 2, 09:11 2
  - I choose... nuclear bomb. -- nm - Ultron Jan 2, 09:13
  - That would probably be Mr. Carson - con_carne Jan 2, 09:13
We have new entrants in the "highest people ever" contest. -- (link) - Reagen Jan 2, 09:08 2
- This was a Florida Man tweet a couple of days ago. Hi-larious! -- nm - Mop Jan 2, 09:16
- Dilation! -- nm - Ultron Jan 2, 09:10
Jan. 2 roll. -- nm - Shaun Jan 2, 09:02
Seeing that ref fall down beside Winston, I'm not sure we can rule out the Lance Stephenson theory out of hand. -- nm - Reagen Jan 2, 09:02

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