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Americans have plotted to kill cartoonists who lampooned Islam -- (link) - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 17, 08:51
Heh, the Onion thing on the NFL combine is pretty darn funny and upsetting all in one. -- nm - CQ Feb 17, 08:50
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 screenings in various US / Canada cities for tomorrow night -- (link) - Andie Feb 17, 08:46
I have a couple of more Natureboxes to give away if anyone wants one. -- nm - spamlet Feb 17, 08:34 3
- I think my gf would really enjoy them. She's trying out something called Graze. -- nm - Krusty Feb 17, 08:35 2
  - I'll send you one. I believe they are very similar. -- nm - spamlet Feb 17, 08:37 1
    - Cool! She seems to like Graze but it would be cool if she had another type to compare it to and see which she prefers. Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Feb 17, 08:44
Broken pipe in the building means no elevator to my floor (8th). Can do stairs down directly to cold outside. To come back in, yeesh, ... - zork Feb 17, 08:31 1
- But just think how warm you'd be after walking up 8 flights. -- nm - LMS Feb 17, 08:37
The question isn't whether SNL will still be on the air for the 50th. It's whether NBC as a traditional network will be. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 17, 08:30 1
- it will but it will also have other platforms -- nm - Remlik Feb 17, 08:35
From B2 re the SNL after party. Jimmy Fallon's description of the party last night on the Tonight Show was great. He and Questlove basically said it - pmb Feb 17, 08:23 5
- Here's the clip from the show where he describes it. -- (link) - pmb Feb 17, 08:25 4
  - It's weird to see him praise something sincerely for a change -- nm - con_carne Feb 17, 08:46
  - I have never been so jealous of anyone in my life. -- nm - Ultron Feb 17, 08:36 2
    - People, this is 9 minutes long but worth every second of it. -- nm - Ultron Feb 17, 08:37 1
      - agreed. very fun -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 08:39
Tell me to have no guilt.... - Andie Feb 17, 08:12 25
- Meg will look after her -- nm - zork Feb 17, 08:32
- Your hands -- and that house -- are clean. -- nm - Love is in the Baron Feb 17, 08:28
- "After you did not contact me on Monday, someone else took it" -- nm - zork Feb 17, 08:28
- you should totally feel guilty! What a mean thing to do!! - decline Feb 17, 08:24 1
  - hee. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 08:24
- no guilt - give it to the co-worker. flaky people are flaky -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 08:18
- yup -- nm - Remlik Feb 17, 08:18
- is this a trick question? -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 17, 08:17 10
  - i just feel a *smidgen* bad telling someone that i said could have something that i am now giving it to someone else. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 08:18 9
    - You are truly a very very nice and awesome person for just feeling this way. But we all knew this already. :) -- nm - CQ Feb 17, 08:31
    - Wait, you feel guilt because she is not getting it? I would feel guilt if she *did* get it. -- nm - Ultron Feb 17, 08:19 6
      - its probably a chick thing - Epiphany Feb 17, 08:20 5
        
        Women, heh. -- nm - Ultron Feb 17, 08:24 1
        
        yup. -- nm - Remlik Feb 17, 08:38
        
        like it's a guy thing when someone "borrows" your tools - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 17, 08:23
        
        yep, sharing a brain - *giggle* -- nm - Diva Feb 17, 08:22
        
        heh, exactly. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 08:21
    - 2 chances as far as i get it....plus office plus points can come in handy later :) -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 17, 08:19
- Yes. The girl needs to learn to respect other people's time constraints. -- nm - Inigo Feb 17, 08:16
- Don't be so hard on yourself. It is fine that you gave her until Monday after she stood you up Friday. -- nm - Ultron Feb 17, 08:16
- my big thing with Craigslist and the like - she knows where you live -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 08:15 1
  - well, she knows the secure building i live in. she doesn't know which unit. that doesn't worry me. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 08:16
- Yep, co-worker gets it. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 17, 08:14
- yep. -- nm - Beyonce Feb 17, 08:13
- Right -- nm - prayformojo Feb 17, 08:13
all 5 police who got wounded have now been released from hospital -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Feb 17, 08:09
Speaking of SNL and Wes Anderson movies - I love this skit. -- (link) - kelly Feb 17, 08:08 [youtube] 2
- "you had me at Wes Anderson" -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 08:28
- Yeah, that might be my favorite over the last few years. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Feb 17, 08:24
This week's Star in a Reasonable Priced Car in Top Gear was particularly entertaining. -- nm - LMS Feb 17, 08:05 3
- I haven't watched it yet. (Spoiler) - Krusty Feb 17, 08:11 1
  - Yes plus (spoilers) - LMS Feb 17, 08:36
- Agreed. -- nm - Ultron Feb 17, 08:06
Hey, Krusty! - Mop Feb 17, 07:56 3
- Yup and I embrace it. :-) - Krusty Feb 17, 07:57 2
  - Keep her in NY, thanks. -- nm - David Feb 17, 07:57 1
    - You're not welcome. - Krusty Feb 17, 08:02
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ST crock potters - are crock pot liners a must? are they expensive? do most stores have them or is this an amazon item? -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 07:54 10
- pam -- nm - CQ Feb 17, 08:47
- I've never used one. -- nm - decline Feb 17, 08:04
- You can buy them in the store, but I'm guessing Amazon has a better price. I've used them a few times. It makes cleanup SO much easier but I never - kelly Feb 17, 07:57 1
  - And actually this is more like it. It's usually at clean up we go "forgot the dang liner" -- nm - spamlet Feb 17, 08:30
- I've never ever used one -- nm - prayformojo Feb 17, 07:55
- My wife has started using them. Makes cleanup a lot easier. -- nm - droidlet Feb 17, 07:55
- a wha? -- nm - Reagen Feb 17, 07:55
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  - same -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 07:57
  - that is what i do. -- nm - Andie Feb 17, 07:57
One odd reaction that I had to Grand Budapest Hotel (which, though I still didn't like it, I've thought about a surprising amoun since Satruday) spoil - prayformojo Feb 17, 07:53 1
- I've honestly forgotten he was in it. -- nm - Reagen Feb 17, 07:58
Heather and I disagree on movies a lot, but she agreed with me on not being able to understand the terrible reviews and venom that Walk of Shame - prayformojo Feb 17, 07:51 10
- I thought Walk of Shame was pretty funny. It went on a little too long, but that's no great sin. -- nm - Diva Feb 17, 08:01
- that movie is pretty darn good - Epiphany Feb 17, 07:53 7
  - huh. Why? - prayformojo Feb 17, 07:54 6
    - red or blue. - Epiphany Feb 17, 08:07 3
      - I really like her a lot. She's just funny, gorgeous and gets it. -- nm - Diva Feb 17, 08:08 2
        
        I'm liking the trend of this movie and hopefully Trainwreck - where it doesn't shame people about sex -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 08:20 1
        
        ik, r? I'm over people somehow having to apologize for being sexual. -- nm - Diva Feb 17, 08:22
    - Translucent. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 17, 07:54 1
      - *snort* -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 08:07
- We found it to be silly fun. - David Feb 17, 07:52
It's great that Montreal is the #1 team in all the NHL. But that puts them behind a team from Nashville. Fucking NASHVILLE. -- nm - Mop Feb 17, 07:48 3
- It's a beautiful thing, I can't wait till playoff tickets go on sale. -- nm - J Feb 17, 08:53
- FANG FINGERS!!! -- nm - David Feb 17, 07:49
- Montreal is the #2 team, I mean. Even autocorrect doesn't believe it. -- nm - Mop Feb 17, 07:48
NFLPA fires grievance for Josh Gordon over FA status and 1-game suspension prevented him from accruing a season. -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 17, 07:45
Great, it's snowing. -- nm - Diva Feb 17, 07:43
Empire spoilers - con_carne Feb 17, 07:37 2
- just when you think it can't get crazier!! my fav though was *spoils* - Epiphany Feb 17, 07:40 1
  - Cookie is the best. Taraji is acting her butt off - con_carne Feb 17, 08:05
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- Was Elvis Costello there? -- nm - amoxy Feb 17, 08:35
- Aside from Lorne Michaels, Norm was probably the most prominent person on stage during the goodbyes. -- nm - Mop Feb 17, 07:47 9
  - Justin Timberlake somehow got himself to the front of the stage during the goodbyes, but he was just being JT. -- nm - Diva Feb 17, 08:09 7
    - lol - I love how we share a brain - I was like - he was only in the 1st opening skit but he made damn sure to be in that last parting shot -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 08:17 1
      - *giggle* -- nm - Diva Feb 17, 08:18
    - Still think thay should have got him in cast for a season. -- nm - Ultron Feb 17, 08:12 4
      - he really should be in the cast. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 17, 08:15 3
        
        With Fallon gone will not happen. -- nm - Ultron Feb 17, 08:17 2
        
        I agree but I was talking what should be versus what will be. - Mel Profit Feb 17, 08:20 1
        
        Agreed. If he was in the cast it would be much like when Eddie was. - Ultron Feb 17, 08:54
  - Poor Steve Martin. -- nm - Ultron Feb 17, 08:08
- He was there in a skit and an introduction for Chevy. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 17, 07:40 3
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    - He seemed like he's....about 95% in DGAF mode. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 17, 07:44 1
      - he's always struck me as a guy who would do whatever he wanted as long as it amused him. 99 others could say it was stupid - Beaker Feb 17, 07:47
- he was totally there. Played Burt Reynolds (Turd Ferguson) in Celebrity Jeopardy. -- nm - Diva Feb 17, 07:36
- he was and he was great. shived Chevy and did Turd Ferguson for Celebrity Jeopardy -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 07:36 1
  - plus he was standing right behind Lorne as they went off the air -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 07:39
- He was still in the middle of a joke he started 5 years ago. -- nm - Reagen Feb 17, 07:36
- Is he allowed back on the show after his firing? - spamlet Feb 17, 07:36 7
  - A lot of people were fired from SNL. Billy Crystal was fired from SNL. -- nm - Mop Feb 17, 07:46
  - (they reaired one of the bits that got him canned during the Weekend Update bit I gather) - Beaker Feb 17, 07:37 5
    - "Hey, you're OJ Simpson!" -- nm - Mop Feb 17, 07:50
    - No, he dropped an F-bomb during Weekend Update. -- nm - spamlet Feb 17, 07:38 3
      - Charles Rocket did that. Did he do that to? -- nm - Remlik Feb 17, 08:20 2
        
        i think he did. the biggest part of his firing though was Dick Ebersol was very good friends w/OJ and he objected mightily to MacDonald's - Diva Feb 17, 08:26 1
        
        Constant OJ killed his wife jokes -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 08:28
The thing to think about Jon Stewart's replacement is who though Jon Stewart was going to be this good? -- nm - Reagen Feb 17, 07:27 10
- I did. -- nm - Ultron Feb 17, 08:07
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  - As long as it's not Colin Quinn, I think we're fine. -- nm - Reagen Feb 17, 07:34 3
    - he was very self-depreiating during his segment with Kevin, Norm and Seth -- nm - Beaker Feb 17, 07:40
    - I have irrational hate for him -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 07:34 1
      - it's not irrational. -- nm - Reagen Feb 17, 07:36
- I still fondly remember the promo ad for his failed MTV show. - David Feb 17, 07:31 3
  - I loved his MTV show. My favorite moment was when he was interviewing Daisy Fuentes for a Beach MTV promo. - spamlet Feb 17, 07:32 2
    - The best was Elizabeth Shue making out with Stewart. I've said this before on ST. - Inigo Feb 17, 07:41 1
      - I can't find the Jon Stewart Show of her tormenting him, but here's a follow-up on The Daily Show in 1999. -- (link) - Inigo Feb 17, 07:48
Reminder: Kiva Day -- nm - nubby Feb 17, 07:24 1
- She was great in the last season of Buffy -- nm - con_carne Feb 17, 07:28
LIR - praytell what is a" 50 Shades Haircut?" his or hers? - Epiphany Feb 17, 07:24 3
- Very long braids used to tie the hands to the bed posts. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 17, 07:28 1
  - *giggling* -- nm - Epiphany Feb 17, 07:33
- Also, *where*? -- nm - David Feb 17, 07:26
ML - KU did get smacked around hard but it was also like the second game of the season. - Krusty Feb 17, 07:21 4
- I want to see Virginia vs Kentucky. - Will Hunting Feb 17, 07:22 3
  - That would be sort of fun to watch. Lots of D. Kentucky would be unstoppable if they had a quality offense. - Krusty Feb 17, 07:28
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    - havent they had like a few games go into OT and even double OT, and a few that they won by only a couple of baskets? -- nm - Truman Feb 17, 08:01
Groiny - if you're around today - YGGM :) -- nm - JenBro Feb 17, 07:20
Don't think I got around to mentioning this here: My February Gas Bill: $17.03. - Ender Feb 17, 07:15 1
- my december and january electric bills have been estimates. they'll probably estimate february too at this rate. I'll probably owe them $100 by the - sweet cheesarella barbacorn Feb 17, 07:17
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- There's a link up above for the same site as the last two years! -- nm - Benevolent Dictator JaxSean Feb 17, 08:49
- I checked the BP odds yesterday and was surprised. Boyhood used to be a huge favorite. Not anymore. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 17, 07:40 3
  - the longer people get to think about it, the more they start looking for excuses to vote elsewhere - Reagen Feb 17, 07:45 2
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    - I was shocked the DGA went with Innartu. - Will Hunting Feb 17, 07:56
- Actress = Moore...the others are shaky....60/40 Boyhood, 65/35 Linklater, 51/49 Keaton. - Will Hunting Feb 17, 07:19
- Look up. :-) -- nm - Krusty Feb 17, 07:17
"you BASTAARDDDDDD JAWSSSSSSSS!" - Mel Profit Feb 17, 07:12

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