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Golf: A Day to remember. :) -- nm - budice Feb 8, 16:15
CP3 hot dogs it, gets called on his bullshit by Kevin Durant -- (link) - Beaker Feb 8, 15:56
If you would like to listen to a hypothetical supergroup of Mark Knopfler, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan, I recommend The War on Drugs. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 15:46 6
- Fuck Yeah -- nm - rollo Feb 8, 16:01 5
  - Also, have you read this advance preview of the new Sufjan Stevens album? - rollo Feb 8, 16:06 4
    - When did John Steinbeck start writing album reviews? -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 16:07 3
      - If you're trying to calm me down that's not working! -- nm - rollo Feb 8, 16:09 2
        
        How about some warm milk? -- nm - Todd Manning Feb 8, 16:15 1
        
        *clapping* WARM MILK! WARM MILK! -- nm - rollo Feb 8, 16:20
who has two thumbs and just saved his brother from a new Microsoft office subscrption? - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 8, 15:44
BAFTA spoils. winners inside...spoils -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 8, 15:33 1
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ten cubes in a box. three are green. the probs of removing two green in a row are - all the boys love mandy lane Feb 8, 15:33 4
- Wouldn't it be 3/10 * 2/9? -- nm - Volnelk Feb 8, 15:40 2
  - see? this is why I ask. ((that was a dumb error)) -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Feb 8, 15:44 1
    - Welcome. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 8, 16:17
- sounds good to me -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 8, 15:34
*golf spoilers* - Strongbad Feb 8, 15:24 2
- Correction 4...only on CBS...home of the Masters. -- nm - budice Feb 8, 15:27
- er, make that 4 way. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 8, 15:27
It appears that already 59% of flights out of BOS are canceled tomorrow. - ty97 Feb 8, 15:08 1
- WOw. We have been running the fan today as the house was too warm. -- nm - Ultron Feb 8, 15:15
The BAFTAs seem to be going exactly as HSX has predicted for the Oscars. -- nm - GregW Feb 8, 14:51 1
- LMS is winning everything as a write in, cool!! -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 8, 15:17
We watched The Interview last night. I liked it, wife liked it. Solid B -- nm - Bacon Feb 8, 14:16
Merry Christmas, ST! - Ultron Feb 8, 13:30
Kiva is raising $350 to lend to Boneface. -- (link) - nubby Feb 8, 12:58 4
- Hee...and looking at the site - one of my delinquents has paid off her account !! - Meg Feb 8, 13:23 3
  - Hmm, a loan I made last year isn't due to start repayment until April 2017. -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 14:47
  - So a visit from some "friends" did the trick? -- nm - Dano Feb 8, 13:29
  - Nice! -- nm - nubby Feb 8, 13:24
Jenner probably not chased by paps, cops looking at his cell phone -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 8, 12:40 1
- smoking not texting -- (link) - all the boys love mandy lane Feb 8, 14:47
Harper Lee is hurt by the idea that ppl speaking on her behalf are exploiting her, say ppl speaking on her behalf -- (link) - ty97 Feb 8, 12:27 6
- I'm curious what she was doing all these years, why she never wrote anything else...seems unusual - zeitgeist Feb 8, 12:43 5
  - she did, it's just under the pen name of Thomas Pynchon. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 14:58 3
    - James Patterson. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 8, 15:02 2
      - E.L. James. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 15:05 1
        
        And Stephen King. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 8, 15:05
  - I think I read that Harper published some nonfiction -- nm - ty97 Feb 8, 13:18
Hey Meg - thanks!!! YGGM - so excited!!! WOO!!! -- nm - JenBro Feb 8, 12:16
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- Mel, find the gypsy and just apologize already. -- nm - droidlet Feb 8, 13:00
- this is getting ridiculous -- nm - prayformojo Feb 8, 12:43
Chipotle's Twitter has been hacked -- (link) - Beaker Feb 8, 12:05 2
- It's very simple to deduce who's work this is. Hail Hydra!! -- nm - Bacon Feb 8, 13:52
- lyc: 2 years ago the burrito I liked was 6 bucks, now its $12. - budice Feb 8, 12:10
Mop, I looked around and I have no fun or interesting posters or cheap art. you gotta decorate the walls on your own :( -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 8, 11:23 12
- Actually, I have lots of framed posters and pictures of the kids. Just no desire to hang anything. It's a chore. -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 11:25 11
  - All kidding aside, you do want to get stuff on your walls. At least before the next event at your place. - Ultron Feb 8, 13:13 3
    - or the house of a crazy person. -- nm - Remlik Feb 8, 15:41
    - A little art on the walls adds a LOT of cool factor to your image. -- nm - Bacon Feb 8, 13:53 1
      - And you are worried about your rental house? I guarantee your kids will do 10X more dmg to your cleaning deposit that you will with a few nail holes. -- nm - Bacon Feb 8, 13:54
  - anyone who reads mystery/police proceedurals knows that stark empty walls are the first clue you are in a serial killer's lair -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 8, 12:38
  - I put up a curtain rail in the corner where the wall meets the ceiling - marcel Feb 8, 11:31 5
    - I'm chiefly concerned about doing anything in a rental house. -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 11:45 4
      - all landlords expect a few nail holes for pictures. all tenants fill them in with toothpaste before moving out. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 8, 13:19 3
        
        Has anyone tried Command hooks? -- nm - Meg Feb 8, 13:22 2
        
        3M command hooks are a winner used them you years renting -- nm - Karl_S Feb 8, 14:04
        
        not me. I always bend the metal hook in to secure the art because I lived in earthquake areas -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 8, 13:26
1991 Radio Shack advertisement. $159 Deluxe Portable CD Player -- (link) - Max Feb 8, 11:20 1
- yeah . . . the good ol' days . . . -- nm - call me Ishmael Feb 8, 13:10
Florida woman didn't know she was pregnant, delivers 14 lb. baby -- (link) - con_carne Feb 8, 11:18 6
- Another one!?! Damn!!! -- nm - Spawndroid Feb 8, 11:19 5 1
  - She's birthing a whole team. -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 11:28
  - Weren't you going to stop it with the "Mop?" jokes? -- nm - con_carne Feb 8, 11:24 3
    - I only post these when they make sense. -- nm - Ultron Feb 8, 15:29 2
      - That's not what you said before -- nm - con_carne Feb 8, 15:57 1
        
        nmbl -- (link) - con_carne Feb 8, 15:58 [Backboard]
Steve-O is taking part in the british show "The Jump" - marcel Feb 8, 10:52
Ian McKellan plays a 93-year-old Sherlock Holmes in Mr. Holmes (review from Berlin) -- (link) - Dano Feb 8, 10:45 2
- I saw a clip on the roadside attractions YouTube channel. it wasn't very compelling -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 11:47 1
  - It sounds more of a character study than a mystery. Likely Oscar push for McKellan. -- nm - Dano Feb 8, 12:24
My PVR caught some early Phineas and Ferbs - boy, that show was significantly more manic when it started. -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 10:28 2
- Yup, they overreached early (in a good way) and really found their stride around 30 episodes in. -- nm - David Feb 8, 10:34 1
  - The early episodes are still my favorite. Backyard Beach, S'winter... -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 11:29
Meg..YG$$$$$ -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 8, 10:21
SPBO2 100,000 long H$30.21 H$151.20 H$57.26 (60.95%) H$15,120,000.00 12,099,000.00 (400.50%) -- nm - Spawndroid Feb 8, 10:17 6
- whoa, spongebob really soaked up the boxoffice, that's like almost up 100 from last week -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 8, 12:53
- SPBO2 100,000 long H$23.06 H$151.20 H$57.26 ( 60.95%) H$15,120,000.00 12,814,000.00 (555.68 %) -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 8, 10:23
- i really should listen to my instinct more often . . . i almost went long on the sponge for the adjust . . . - call me Ishmael Feb 8, 10:20 3
  - You know they don't halt until 6pm on Saturday, right? - Will Hunting Feb 8, 10:23 2
    - I bought yesterday ... easiest 5 mil ever -- nm - rollo Feb 8, 12:01 1
      - Hell, the other 2 movies turned into longs on the basis of people not doing math - Will Hunting Feb 8, 12:59
This cracked really debunks 95% of Action Movies -- (link) - amoxy Feb 8, 10:06 4 2
- I know #22 should not be possible but the scene is just too good for me to believe. -- nm - Walt_Disney Feb 8, 11:36 1
  - They chose the wrong movie to illustrate that point though. -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 11:56
- I suspend my disbelief about this entire article -- nm - con_carne Feb 8, 10:30
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Adjusts are in on the other site -- nm - budice Feb 8, 10:04 7
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 8, 11:20
- Happy birthday to you and 83rd to John Williams -- nm - con_carne Feb 8, 11:05
- happy birthday I hope its all fun and stuff! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 8, 10:19 2
  - Thanks everyone, truly first class. :) -- nm - budice Feb 8, 10:36
  - Yep happy bday -- nm - eag Feb 8, 10:23
- Happy happy, joy joy! - Spawndroid Feb 8, 10:14
- Happy Birthday Man! -- nm - amoxy Feb 8, 10:13
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- I'm in. Will sign-up tonight. -- nm - Spawndroid Feb 8, 10:11
- I'm out -- nm - znufrii Feb 8, 10:09 3
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      - (I was waiting to be sure he had a spot. Thank you to the Unicorn. -- nm - Spawndroid Feb 8, 11:20
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  - That's me, I don't think I'll join the league this year. -- nm - J Feb 8, 09:58 1
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The Shield season 3 spoilers - Beryllium Feb 8, 09:43
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- I wasn't clear...i'm in both leagues...Yahoo's not showing the baseball teams in the front page of my sports listing - Will Hunting Feb 8, 09:14 1
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hmm. baftas are about 5 minute walk away. -- nm - icolin Feb 8, 09:03 2
- Say hi to LMS! -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 09:07 1
  - I'll wave from the teeming masses -- nm - icolin Feb 8, 09:27
Heh, this morning I unsubscribed to Amazon promotional emails...I just received *two* emails confirming I no longer wished to receive emails :) -- nm - Meg Feb 8, 08:59 13
- Fyi to anyone wanting to get off all those email lists, there is an app called Unroll. Try it! -- nm - Andie Feb 8, 09:34
- Don't *ever* sign up to anything SiriusXM. They will *never* let you go. -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 09:08 9
  - I don't know why so company marketing departments choose the "desperate, clingy ex" approach but it must be working for them. -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 09:50
  - For a couple months after I bought an otterbox off the company's site, they kept emailing me offers. Worst ploy ever. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 8, 09:45 2
    - I mean sure, you have one case, but don't you want 6? -- nm - Reagen Feb 8, 09:47
    - (the company = otterbox, not sirius) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 8, 09:45
  - Hey Mop - eag Feb 8, 09:29 2
    - Thanks man! Enjoy your 10,000! -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 11:27 1
      - Actually according to the email I get 25000 also - eag Feb 8, 11:31
  - Word. But their promotional rate is great. $25 for 6 months of service. I just keep renewing that. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 8, 09:24 1
    - I keep accidentally scanning to their stations and finding a free preview. -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 11:30
- At least it isn't the "It will take us a week to remove you from the list" Hmm.. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 8, 09:06 1
  - I love those. They would have us believe this can't be don't instantly. -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 09:14
ESPN's Dan Dakich Gets In Twitter Fight With Mayor Of Champaign Ill -- (link) - Beaker Feb 8, 08:47
I *need* to see the Grammys tonight. I'm betting on the dancing sharks putting in an appearance. -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 08:40
BoxOffice: SpongeBob $56M, Jupiter $19M, Seventh $7.1M -- (link) - budice Feb 8, 08:34 18
- The adjust on Spongey looks like 150. Nice long. -- nm - budice Feb 8, 09:39
- Sponge bob is a post-adjust short? I would guess but I suck at kids movies. -- nm - Amanda Feb 8, 08:46 8
  - What time do stocks 'unlock' again? -- nm - Jovian Feb 8, 09:14 2
    - Usually by 10:30 PST -- nm - Roger More Feb 8, 09:17
    - Whenever DMac wakes up. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 8, 09:15
  - I'm taking my kids to see it next week. Heck, *I'm* excited to see it. -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 09:12
  - The first SpongeBob movie had a 2.3 delist multiplier. (It opened the week before Thanksgiving though, so while the holiday helped, the weeks after - Roger More Feb 8, 09:11 1
    - And I'd guess Thanksgiving weekend is a lot more movie friendly than Presidents day - which not everyone gets off. -- nm - Meg Feb 8, 09:14
  - Yes, because people will be taking profit but with President's Day next weekend and no new family movies till March - secretslacker Feb 8, 08:57
  - I think all things are post-adjust shorts...just keep an eye on the Friday-Friday dropoff... -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 8, 08:56
- I knew Spongbob would make a killing. The trailer really clicked. -- nm - Mop Feb 8, 08:38 1
  - Yup. -- nm - Ultron Feb 8, 08:48
- Was the number used in Andie's game 19? -- nm - Ultron Feb 8, 08:35 5
  - Heh, it was. -- nm - Andie Feb 8, 09:35
  - Andie has a box office game? -- nm - secretslacker Feb 8, 08:58 2
    - Her office has an over/under pool on opening weekends. She comes to us for advice. -- nm - Meg Feb 8, 09:00 1
      - And to mock her non-pop culture savvy coworkers, which is what really matters -- nm - con_carne Feb 8, 09:02
  - yup. once actuals hit I figure she'll win -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 08:44
*** PowerBall PSA *** I will buy for Wednesday's draw for anyone interested...... - Meg Feb 8, 08:33 1
- Thank you for doing this! -- nm - Covington Feb 8, 09:15
TV PSA: Walking Dead returns and Better Call Saul premieres tonight -- nm - Beaker Feb 8, 08:20 1
- (and Talking Dead delayed one hour for the BCS premiere) -- nm - Ultron Feb 8, 08:26

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