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seems like some of the related stocks are bleeding bad on HSX after the Spidy announcement . . . - call me Ishmael Feb 10, 16:45 3
- Yep, SINST already bounced, dammit. -- nm - Meg Feb 10, 16:50
- I'm barely up which is crazy on bonds day. but everything will recover so I can't care. -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Feb 10, 16:50
- Was ASM3 IPO'd? That project is dead. -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 16:48
I think a declining interest in things like movies as one ages is normal. - Beryllium Feb 10, 16:43 1
- You are wrong. - Ultron Feb 10, 16:43
I need everyone with Spotify to help me correct a travishamockery (Mel, do this while snowbound) - droidlet Feb 10, 16:39 4
- Ignore the fact that it's Hole? -- nm - ty97 Feb 10, 16:47 1
  - In the corner with Spawn, now. -- nm - droidlet Feb 10, 16:49
- Igniore the fact that it is not a very good song? -- nm - Ultron Feb 10, 16:44 1
  - I'd ask David for a time out time but he'd probably agree with you (which should make you think twice). -- nm - droidlet Feb 10, 16:49
I'm man enough to admit that Red Band Society did indeed get pretty awful round at about 5 and deserved cancellation. - Qale Feb 10, 16:34 2
- I liked the first 2 then quit, if it got bad, that's a shame. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 10, 16:36 1
  - It got kind of repetitive. Not necessarily medically, but with the characters interactions with one another. -- nm - Qale Feb 10, 16:45
Meg, I believe I made it in under the wire... -- nm - rollo Feb 10, 16:26 3
- me three -- nm - Max Feb 10, 16:41
- me too -- nm - prayformojo Feb 10, 16:36 1
  - All 3 of you are in. I'll post an updated list after the roll. -- nm - Meg Feb 10, 16:49
It's never too early for Nightfall. -- nm - David Feb 10, 16:24
Riverside County, CA is now home to the world's largest... -- (link) - con_carne Feb 10, 16:24 2
- ...cluster of measles patients? -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 16:31
- there will soon be followup stories of dead birds falling from heat generated by the reflection..like we have here :) -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 10, 16:30
Dear Tina Fey, I have a job thought for you....... -- nm - ty97 Feb 10, 16:15 2
- hmmmm -- nm - prayformojo Feb 10, 16:15 1
  - Hey, if you get a spammy looking email from Disney, I sent that. -- nm - David Feb 10, 16:19
MyVegas players - 2001 chips on FB for whoever gets them - had a hot streak and completed all cards so there's 4 there to pick up. -- nm - JenBro Feb 10, 16:07 1
- heh ... logged in 30 ish minutes ago to play - had 30K chips - played 30 minutes - completed all cards and now have over 1 mil chips :) - JenBro Feb 10, 16:14
THR has more details on the Marvel/Sony deal for Spider-man. Confirms that they're looking for a "much younger" actor to play Spider-man. - Mop Feb 10, 16:04 7
- is your son gonna audition? :) -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 10, 16:14
- I stand by Nat Wolff. -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 16:10
- Logan Lerman. -- nm - David Feb 10, 16:07 4
  - I volunteer as tribute. -- nm - MDH Feb 10, 16:48
  - He was OK in Fury. Not rangey, but vulnerable -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 16:08
  - Now you're just flirting with MDH. -- nm - ty97 Feb 10, 16:07 1
    - He's who should have gotten the job in the first place. - David Feb 10, 16:10
Jon Stewart is leaving The Daily Show. -- (link) - Mop Feb 10, 15:45 27
- Good. - Ultron Feb 10, 16:41
- It's certainly time. I often see episodes where he's just... there doing it... because he just is. -- nm - Qale Feb 10, 16:19
- He's been there so long, I get it. but that hurts. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 10, 16:13 8
  - an st'er just commented on my FB that....2016 is an election year. which made me think that... - Remlik Feb 10, 16:14 7
    - Nah. I think he's more likely to take Williams' job than run for office. - ty97 Feb 10, 16:17 3
      - *ding* Plus if he announced earlier he would have stolen some of Colbert's thunder and he's not a guy to do that. -- nm - droidlet Feb 10, 16:40 2
        
        This isn't stopping me from googling his address (no dice) to figure out what district he would rep, of course -- nm - ty97 Feb 10, 16:48
        
        Seeing Colbert graduate to the next level had to be bittersweet. - Ultron Feb 10, 16:43
    - huh? -- nm - loosi at home Feb 10, 16:16 2
      - Huckabee quit his show, too. -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 16:22 1
        
        gotcha. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 10, 16:25
- Being replaced by...Brian Williams. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 10, 15:58 5
  - lol -- nm - loosi at home Feb 10, 16:13
  - Or the other way around. -- nm - David Feb 10, 16:02 1
    - Trading Places Part 2. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 10, 16:30
  - Actually, that'd be great. Genius, even. -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 16:01
  - Buys retirement compound made entirely of stucco -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 16:00
- Comedy Central has confirmed -- (link) - ty97 Feb 10, 15:55
- He's more or less said this for the past year. - droidlet Feb 10, 15:54 1
  - really, he has. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 10, 16:14
- Noooooooooo -- nm - JaxSean Feb 10, 15:50
- Nooooooooo!!! -- nm - Krusty Feb 10, 15:50
- This. Is. Awful. At first I thought it was a joke since the Onion was re-posting something from A.V. Club. But no, it looks legit. -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 15:49
- Well that sucks. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Feb 10, 15:49
- Oliver better never take a sabbatical again. -- nm - ty97 Feb 10, 15:47 2
  - Now's your chance, Kilborn! -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 15:50 1
    - PLEASE! -- nm - loosi at home Feb 10, 16:14
I'm doing my bonds at a bar. because man, *today.* -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Feb 10, 15:43 2
- Had those. Done that. Hope you're having something worthwhile to drink - JD Feb 10, 16:01 1
  - bell's two hearted. my total favorite lately. horribleness of today is fading fast; thanks. -- nm - all the boys love mandy lane Feb 10, 16:26
so late sunday (or was it early monday morning) fxx showed a 30 minute "teaser" movie for a Wheel of Time series. the chaos has hit the fan. -- (link) - Truman Feb 10, 15:41
Hmm. Twitter locked my account & wants my phone number to unlock it. - Beryllium Feb 10, 15:35 4
- yeah it did it to me today as well -- nm - Remlik Feb 10, 15:44
- yeah - twitter told me I reset my PW last week. - Mel Profit Feb 10, 15:39
- Hah! Apparently it's not just me, it's a massive thing -- nm - Beryllium Feb 10, 15:37
- Probably related to RTing some tweets earlier -- nm - Beryllium Feb 10, 15:35
What's Meg's Money Thingy address? -- nm - David Feb 10, 15:33 6
- Now who is being a Ruiner? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 10, 15:37 2
  - By sending her money? Hey Meg, please confirm. -- nm - David Feb 10, 16:00
  - Spawn presumably -- nm - ty97 Feb 10, 15:44
- here -- (link) - Max Feb 10, 15:36 [Backboard] 2
  - Thank you, my friend! - David Feb 10, 15:38 1
    - Not Max'a fault that they're always playing corporation games -- nm - JD Feb 10, 16:12
Podcast reminded me of one song I think we missed in the "released forever before becoming a hit" poll. Trio - Da Da Da -- nm - spamlet Feb 10, 15:28
umm, chipotle for dinner -- nm - Truman Feb 10, 15:22
Meg, just confirming you rec'd something from me? -- nm - kelly Feb 10, 15:21 10
- I did - also MDH, RC, and Landbeck. Tru, I believe yours came through earlier. I'm in the library right now and the wifi is *slow* -- nm - Meg Feb 10, 15:24 8
  - sub-poll: what kind of library do we think meg is in? -- nm - Truman Feb 10, 15:25 7
    - Human DNA. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 10, 16:37
    - The world's largest and most diverse library of mid-century German porn -- nm - ty97 Feb 10, 15:46
    - Whatever it is, it puts Alexandria to shame. -- nm - TWuG Feb 10, 15:33
    - The one from Doctor Who. -- nm - David Feb 10, 15:32
    - Underground bunker looking through a collection of ancient papyri. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 10, 15:30
    - HellMouth -- nm - Diva Feb 10, 15:30
    - Ninja -- nm - Epiphany Feb 10, 15:29
- meg, can you confirm mine too? -- nm - Truman Feb 10, 15:22
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packing/cleaning/working this weekend, I started watching Black Sails. I totally didn't recognize Toby Jones til I saw his name in the credits -- nm - prayformojo Feb 10, 15:06 2
- Toby Stephens? -- nm - Roger More Feb 10, 15:39 1
  - see? -- nm - prayformojo Feb 10, 15:42
Premier League in record £5.14bn TV rights deal -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 10, 15:00
STIS: Need some math and Excel help - Benevolent Dictator JaxSean Feb 10, 14:43
Dammit, the Phineas and Ferb aired last night and we missed it. - David Feb 10, 14:25 1
- well you better call saul, and complain to him about it -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 10, 14:28
Going through those Oscar picks shows me just how little motion pictures meant to me in 2014 which feels very strange. -- nm - Qale Feb 10, 14:23 5
- I've seen all of the nominees, but liked maybe four of them. - ReluctantCynic Feb 10, 14:37 4
  - The Grand Budapest Hotel really surprised me. And impressed me. - ReluctantCynic Feb 10, 14:51 2
    - Seeing it in an old movie palace was (accidentally) the best possible way to see the film. - spamlet Feb 10, 15:32
    - of the Noms I saw - this is the one I enjoyed the most. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 10, 15:19
  - which? -- nm - prayformojo Feb 10, 14:39
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- Fair and balanced. -- nm - budice Feb 10, 14:58
- ...with a game of Russian roulette -- nm - Max Feb 10, 14:57 1
  - heh -- nm - mud Feb 10, 15:05
- I'm really disappointed in him -- nm - Remlik Feb 10, 14:31
- If only people had this level of skepticism *before* the Iraq War. -- nm - Reagen Feb 10, 14:20 3
  - Why do you hate America? -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 15:48 1
    - He finds it to be beneath him -- nm - rollo Feb 10, 15:51
  - stupidity beats scepticism any day it seems -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 10, 14:27
Thanks, Bery! -- nm - Benevolent Dictator JaxSean Feb 10, 14:13
Left Shark and Right Shark return to work... -- (link) - Kim Pine Feb 10, 14:12 [youtube]
Has anyone that's seen Kingsman spoil me? - droidlet Feb 10, 14:06
Almost free steak time. New steak house. But still free steaks. nomnonomnomnomnomnommm -- nm - Jovian Feb 10, 14:06
LIR - Jax - I've always cruised RC but they've priced me out recently. Seems like they raised their fares so they could offer - Meg Feb 10, 14:01 8
- Yeesh. I was looking yesterday on Costco's travel site going by prices / durations. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 10, 14:12 1
  - (And Norwegian and RC were decently priced for Balcony rooms.) -- nm - Benevolent Dictator JaxSean Feb 10, 14:13
- How YOU doin'? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 10, 14:12 5
  - LOL -- nm - loosi at home Feb 10, 16:24
  - I *knew* I shouldn't abbreviate :) -- nm - Meg Feb 10, 14:21 3
    - What? Like I would mind anyone cruising me, especially you and JaxSean. - ReluctantCynic Feb 10, 14:23 2
      - nmbRC - Peglegpete Feb 10, 14:28 1
        
        nmbPete - ReluctantCynic Feb 10, 14:33
Anyone here ever use Qlikview for data analysis and reporting? - Will Hunting Feb 10, 14:00
MDH....confirmed. -- nm - Meg Feb 10, 13:58 6
- Are we doing another lottery pool? If so, what's the limit? - David Feb 10, 14:07 4
  - best of luck guys, but I already bought the winning ticket. -- nm - loosi at home Feb 10, 16:15
  - some might call you irresponsible, write you off the page - Remlik Feb 10, 14:33
  - Kill-filing Meg is a dangerous game to play -- nm - Roger More Feb 10, 14:20
  - $20 limit -- nm - Jovian Feb 10, 14:10
- did you get my gmail? -- nm - Beaker Feb 10, 14:07
I will not buy a stucco house. There, I said it. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 10, 13:52 10
- It's pretty inescapable here. Hating stucco would be like hating the grass. Or the sidewalk. -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 15:52
- medieval castles are a major pain to heat, and bathrooms are non-existant :) -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 10, 14:00
- In Victoria? Good luck finding one. -- nm - Mop Feb 10, 13:56 2
  - They're everywhere. They don't even know they're ugly. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 10, 13:57 1
    - Actually, they're more prevalent on the north island where we're looking - Victoria does tend to prefer the plank-sided craftsman, as do I -- nm - Beryllium Feb 10, 14:06
- "you can get stucco! Boy, can you get stucco." -- nm - Tim Feb 10, 13:55
- God, I love the way stucco houses look. -- nm - David Feb 10, 13:54 3
  - The problem is, they are horrendously ugly. In this climate they turn dumpy-looking quite quickly, and it doesn't help that their architecture is ... -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 10, 14:04 2
    - I would not buy anything from a Realtor that looked like Borat. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 10, 14:05 1
      - This kitchen is for make hanky-pancakes. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 10, 14:06
J Bush's chief technology officer tweeted, "new study confirms old belief: college female art majors are sluts, science majors are also sluts but Ugly -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 10, 13:50 2
- And that's not the only potential #jebgate this week -- nm - Beryllium Feb 10, 13:54 1
  - Yeah, I was just reading the story about his email dump -- (link) - Roger More Feb 10, 13:56
fuck CAT -- nm - Beaker Feb 10, 13:41 1
- also - tris is inactive. *laughing* -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 10, 15:25
bunga bunga -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 10, 13:40

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