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I'm really looking forward to the time when we move past the click bait "article" format that some websites are littered with. - volnelk Feb 13, 11:12
I can't believe I'm writing this, but that CW Zombie show IPOing today doesn't sound terrible. -- nm - spamlet Feb 13, 11:11 2
- this looks so dumb -- nm - decline Feb 13, 11:24 1
  - and yet it could theoretically be a smash hit . . . - call me Ishmael Feb 13, 11:28
3 Kings, 47 Ronin, 50 Shades ... IPO "52-Pickup" -- nm - Beryllium Grey Feb 13, 11:11 1
- 77 sunset strip -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 13, 12:35
A friend linked me to this. -- (link) - Beryllium Grey Feb 13, 11:05
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- Hey, Guillermo, have you ever considered not being creepy?" -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 11:12
- All the Halloween money! -- nm - Love is in the Baron Feb 13, 11:03
Blizzard! -- (link) - Shaun Feb 13, 10:56 [youtube]
Roquan Smith update: As of today, he's going to UGA. Some media members have already labeled him "the Rosa Parks of college football recruits" - Strongbad Feb 13, 10:51
Hmm, I was about delete 4 NCIS episodes unwatched and quit the show but then I saw Jeri Ryan's name as a guest star. - David Feb 13, 10:45 5
- NNOOOOOOOO!!!!! - Obama SI Feb 13, 11:13 1
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- come to butthead -- nm - prayformojo Feb 13, 11:07 1
  - I have a recurring dream that she marries Kim after I die. - David Feb 13, 11:11
- Wow, it's a good thing I did. -- nm - David Feb 13, 10:57
what are the odds that Lorne Michaels announces his retirement after the 40th special? - zeitgeist Feb 13, 10:38 1
- If we're lucky, 100%. -- nm - David Feb 13, 10:41
Anyone know how much longer... - secretslacker Feb 13, 10:29 5
- Your self google searches must be awful these days :) -- nm - oblique Feb 13, 10:42
- How are you feeling these days, Ed? - David Feb 13, 10:38 1
  - Torture apparently. -- nm - Qale Feb 13, 11:08
- shades50 -- nm - Max Feb 13, 10:35 1
  - In a couple weeks, in fact! -- nm - secretslacker Feb 15, 18:38
Woman dies after dropping charging iPhone into bathtub; - Loyola Feb 13, 10:20 3
- also, at least here, bathroom sockets have to have built in interrupters -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 13, 10:40 2
  - Here too. I wonder what backwater this happened in. -- nm - Beryllium Grey Feb 13, 11:09 1
    - Oh - Moscow. If Russia is known for one thing, it's strict adherence to building codes. -- nm - Beryllium Grey Feb 13, 11:10
Emile Hirsch is being charged w/felony assault for choking out that studio exec at Sundance. So he's checked himself int orehab obvs. - Diva Feb 13, 10:19 1
- Go Speed Racer, go Speed Racer, gooooooooo -- nm - JD Feb 13, 10:26
Why is it called 50 shades anyway. Why not 10 or 70? -- nm - Loyola Feb 13, 10:10
Just confirming that i was holding all the openers this weekend i realize that Hugh Grant, Chris Evans and Anna Kendrick have limited releases opening - Andie Feb 13, 10:10 5
- The Last Five Years!!!!!! (available on VOD as well) -- nm - Dano Feb 13, 10:23 4
  - did you see this tweet from AK? -- (link) - decline Feb 13, 10:55
  - Whohoo! -- nm - znufrii Feb 13, 10:38
  - My favorite live theater event ever. I've been hesitant about the movie. Love the cast but haven't been enthralled by the trailers. -- nm - Dano Feb 13, 10:25
  - Whenever I see the stock I think "The Dano movie" -- nm - Max Feb 13, 10:25
Seriously, I'm loving the Dell XPS 13. If the next gen Macbook Air doesn't have an infinity screen, I'm going back to Dell. -- (link) - Mop Feb 13, 10:08 [youtube]
The local country club is hosting a bridal show on March 1, two weeks after Valentine's Day. Genius! Also... duh. -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 10:07 1
- country clubs have their wedding season in the summer, usually only approved vendors (well caterers have to be approved at many sites - zeitgeist Feb 13, 10:33
GE's new high end Cafe fridge has a built-in Keurig K-Cup brewer. -- (link) - Mop Feb 13, 10:04 [youtube]
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- woohoo! -- nm - spamlet Feb 13, 11:16
- I have survived, hey hey! -- nm - David Feb 13, 10:27
- That just means there's more younger ladies out there for me. -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 10:04
- I'm cool with it. -- nm - volnelk Feb 13, 10:03
- I hate you for posting this. -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 13, 10:01 4
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    - Ooh, 8 win pitcher! -- nm - David Feb 13, 10:44 1
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  - I'm just gonna counter with this -- (link) - ty97 Feb 13, 10:03 [youtube]
Hey, good on ya, Oilers. Scored the tying goal with 24 seconds left, and then win it in O.T. -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 09:47 2
- 'Oilers' and 'win' in the same sentence? That doesn't contain 'first overall pick in the lottery'? -- nm - Shaun Feb 13, 09:55
- that's usually the kind of crap that's been happening to us this year - Reagen Feb 13, 09:49
Better Call Saul is not a disappointment so far. Schitt's Creek makes me laugh outloud.....haven't decided if I'm laughing AT the show. -- nm - CrankYanker Feb 13, 09:42
Kind of funny that today is Friday the 13th and tomorrow is V day - eag Feb 13, 09:40 1
- It's like this. -- (link) - jnine Feb 13, 10:00
Buy One, Get One Free Ice Cream at Cold Stone Creamery -- (link) - budice Feb 13, 09:35 2
- HA! Today only! -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 09:37
- Boston only? -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 09:36
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- I read ny times, sf chron, and wsj reviews so far this morning - the latter two had it actually good or good side of mixed. a.o. scott's review - b. Feb 13, 11:14
- my boss went last night - she had low expectations but had nothing but glowing things to say ( minor spoiler) - St. Pippy's Day Massacre Feb 13, 09:55 14
  - Ahem. I think she is leaving out the more important statistic. What is the Dornan percentage? -- nm - Dano Feb 13, 10:30 4
    - "Her performance is particularly impressive because she has to act opposite an inanimate block of wood." -- nm - Beaker Feb 13, 10:32 3
      - That's not the wood I'm concerned with. -- nm - Dano Feb 13, 10:34 1
        
        Boneriffic. -- nm - Shaun Feb 13, 10:38
      - We've already heard enough about Hatheway and Franco at the Oscars. -- nm - Shaun Feb 13, 10:33
  - 50SHD spoils? - Diva Feb 13, 10:01 4
    - Boss lady reports the same - St. Pippy's Day Massacre Feb 13, 10:07 3
      - I hope she's got some skills, because she's not entirely super attractive facially, imo. -- nm - Shaun Feb 13, 10:29 2
        
        I like her. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 13, 10:38 1
        
        I do too, she was super cute on that Fox show that got cancelled. -- nm - spamlet Feb 13, 11:08
  - Are we talking like Christina Ricci in After.Life naked? Cause that was a lot. -- nm - Shaun Feb 13, 09:57 3
    - she seemed surprised about the amount of time of nakedness - she's read all three books -- nm - St. Pippy's Day Massacre Feb 13, 10:00 2
      - no surprise for you of course. ;-) -- nm - budice Feb 13, 10:13 1
        
        :) -- nm - St. Pippy's Day Massacre Feb 13, 10:19
- why do critics hate love ? -- nm - decline Feb 13, 09:32 1
  - because they are too busy watching shitty movies to get any. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 13, 09:35
"no shit you goat raping pig devil" -- nm - Beaker Feb 13, 09:23
Bungie should hire this guy. Fan made video. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 13, 09:22 [youtube]
It's teachers' con right now, and they're checking IDs - Reagen Feb 13, 09:22 2
- psst -- (link) - zork Feb 13, 09:31 [Backboard] 1
  - maple milk sounds like too much. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 09:48
Could be a Deadpsin article. Russell Wilson tweeted that he saw 50 Shades. He immediately got lambasted as a hypocrite. - nubby Feb 13, 09:18 5
- if any of this is true it's absolutely ridiculous. -- nm - Diva Feb 13, 09:26
- Please tell me he saw it with Lynch and they shared a bag of skittles -- nm - St. Pippy's Day Massacre Feb 13, 09:23
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- Yeah, people are dangerously close to being muted on Facebook again over this. - spamlet Feb 13, 09:21
- "Maybe I just like shitty movies, ever think about thatr?" -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 09:21
I'm pretty sure I'm offended on behalf of all humanity after seeing the Hot Pursuit trailer. -- nm - Mop Feb 13, 09:15
"I...don't think a baby can hurt anything" -- nm - Beaker Feb 13, 09:14
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- why would you even go to that site? -- nm - decline Feb 13, 09:14 3
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    - Yup. We just got our free one. love the points system. -- nm - Spawndroid Feb 13, 10:12
  - *high five* -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 09:16
Steve Strange, Visage lead singer, dies aged 55 -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 13, 09:03
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- Love it! If anyone gets it on Steam, I would be very happy to play a game. - Krusty Feb 13, 09:16 12
  - I own the table top version but not as an app. -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 09:24 2
    - I bought it after watching it played on that Wil Wheaton YouTube show. -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 09:41 1
      - TableTop. Duh. *smh* - Krusty Feb 13, 09:41
  - I think we can play online through the iOS/Android apps, can't we? - spamlet Feb 13, 09:22 8
    - Some games work on both. I'll grab it later and find out. -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 09:39
    - Though my Android days may be few. -- nm - spamlet Feb 13, 09:26 6
      - Going back to Apple? What phone are you using now? -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 09:40 5
        
        Nexus 5. I'm on a replacement device for my battery issues I had. The battery works okay now but... - spamlet Feb 13, 09:42 4
        
        Ugh, that sounds so frustrating. I'd move on too if that was happening to me. -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 09:47
        
        And I had issues with my Nexus 4 as well. - spamlet Feb 13, 09:45 2
        
        I haven't used any of the Nexus phones. I've been on Samsung for a few years and they've been great. - Krusty Feb 13, 09:48 1
        
        I'm still not sold on the giant phone concept. - spamlet Feb 13, 11:09
- Yes, yes it is. -- nm - droidlet Feb 13, 09:00 2
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    - I've played it once or twice. I was more of a Magic kid in high school. - spamlet Feb 13, 09:09
So Apple's bragging about *NOT* having microtransactions in some games? -- nm - Shaun Feb 13, 08:58 13
- IAP are not microtransactions -- nm - Beryllium Grey Feb 13, 09:38
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  - I'm sure they will try to sell it as a new idea that they came up with. -- nm - Shaun Feb 13, 09:01 3
    - Yes, we know. Everyone that owns an Apple is a moron/idiot/sheep that pays too much. We get it. -- nm - spamlet Feb 13, 09:06 1
      - I didn't say fuck all about the people who own them. -- nm - Shaun Feb 13, 09:21
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- More like highlighting those to get developers to stop using micro transactions. -- nm - droidlet Feb 13, 09:00 4
  - not sure why, its my understanding that they get a cut of the microtransactions anyway -- nm - Truman Feb 13, 09:01 3
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      - well, the disclaimer was all the way at the bottom of the page and we all know how short Tru's attention span is -- nm - decline Feb 13, 09:08
    - But people hate them. -- nm - spamlet Feb 13, 09:05
- yes -- nm - Truman Feb 13, 08:58 1
  - It's a revolution!!!!! -- nm - Shaun Feb 13, 08:59
Breaking....parts of LAX blacked out by a bird hitting a power line. Terminals and baggage handling equipment impacted. -- nm - Meg Feb 13, 08:57
Someone here just made a Frozen/Let It Go "joke". They actually thought they were being original. -- nm - Diva Feb 13, 08:56 2
- The snow never bothered her anyway? -- nm - droidlet Feb 13, 09:01 1
  - ik, r? -- nm - Diva Feb 13, 09:27
Lunch Poll - what 'cha eating? I missed breakfast and am hungry - need ideas! -- nm - JenBro Feb 13, 08:56 19
- Whataburger. -- nm - Benevolent Dictator JaxSean Feb 13, 11:11
- office wound up going for pizza - yum -- nm - JenBro Feb 13, 10:32 1
  - I approve this choice. -- nm - Shaun Feb 13, 10:32
- Just having breakfast now. The most amazing sausage, cheese, mushroom and spinach omelette -- nm - JD Feb 13, 10:29
- leftover chicken tikka and stir fry over rice. (little bit of both) -- nm - Diva Feb 13, 09:31
- I want poutine but will probably get Manchu Wok or a meatball sandwich from a pizza place -- nm - zork Feb 13, 09:29
- The ever exotic ham sandwich -- nm - con_carne Feb 13, 09:16 1
  - John Madden must be stopped! -- nm - Reagen Feb 13, 09:25
- Wendy's -- nm - Beaker Feb 13, 09:14
- Pizza, it's Friday. :-) -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 09:14 3
  - or just a day that ends in 'Y' -- nm - krusty si Feb 13, 09:15 1
    - heh -- nm - zork Feb 13, 09:30
  - To be honest, that's my lunch every day. I need a better diet. -- nm - Krusty Feb 13, 09:14
- Lunch meeting at Stir Crazy. -- nm - droidlet Feb 13, 08:59 2
  - wow that looks good - never heard of it -- nm - JenBro Feb 13, 10:31
  - Stir Crazy sounds like a "singles bar" from the seventies -- nm - con_carne Feb 13, 09:35
- not sure. was thinking of ordering jimmy johns. or maybe getting chipotle -- nm - Truman Feb 13, 08:59
- side salad? I have no plans. -- nm - St. Pippy's Day Massacre Feb 13, 08:57
- Sadly, Qdoba's burrito for a smooch promotion is only valid tomorrow. -- nm - Love is in the Baron Feb 13, 08:57
spiderpig! spiderpig! -- nm - Truman Feb 13, 08:55

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