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NASCAR: Danica got into a fight tonight... -- (link) - budice Feb 19, 19:51 1
- How do tweets label the people in the photo? -- nm - Max Feb 19, 20:01
NZ sailor asks US authorities to impound America's Cup Champion team boat as part of a wage dispute before they can leave for Bermuda -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 19, 19:47
Land owners in seattle are defacing older buildings, removing terra cotta decorations (cornishes, fluer de lys, rosettes) so they fail Landmark status - zeitgeist Feb 19, 19:15 1
- Dammit. we should have thought of this -- nm - NYC landlords Feb 19, 19:33
more info/spoils on the next Doctor Who season since LMS posted early this morning -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 19, 19:06
I try to watch Archer but there's just so much yelling. -- nm - Max Feb 19, 19:04 1
- Yeah, it's one reason that I'm less hot on the show than I theoretically should be. -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 19:05
So I stumbled on the finale of 2 1/2 men. They basically made the whole episode about ragging on Charlie Sheen. - pmb Feb 19, 19:03 2
- So, he did not appear? -- nm - Ultron Feb 19, 19:23 1
  - That would be the only reason I would watch the last episode -- nm - amoxy Feb 19, 19:32
How sleazy, annoying does this sound? Salsa girl is talking to a local magazine to run an ad for her practice. - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 19, 18:40 14
- Also, the magazine isn't going to help design the ad. She has to get the ad made elsewhere, is that common? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 19, 19:22 1
  - yes -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 19, 19:45
- what does salsa girl do? - zeitgeist Feb 19, 19:20 2
  - She is but hoping this can be helpful too. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 19, 19:25 1
    - The Rose also did OK with a groupon/social living deal - zeitgeist Feb 19, 20:27
- Response is confusing. - ty97 Feb 19, 19:01 2
  - No need to call back. Nothing is signed yet, she was just trying to figure things out prior to agreeing. - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 19, 19:21 1
    - In that case, I'm questionable. - ty97 Feb 19, 19:28
- It's pretty bad that the rep didn't answer the question. - Kim Pine Feb 19, 18:57 1
  - Then one hopes to be high on google and have someone click. Then I am not really sure having the ad will help since I don't recall small business ads - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 19, 19:24
- a. no cancel but ads are just little reminders of your presence if you have a presence they remember, IE: they already know, posting an ad is throwing - zeitgeist Feb 19, 18:56 2
  - Social media is best for marketing to current patients and building advocacy, not really for new patients. -- nm - Kim Pine Feb 19, 18:58 1
    - if you get current patients to like your posts then their friends see it -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 19, 19:10
- Basic salesperson BS. -- nm - spamlet Feb 19, 18:47
Wow. Empire jumped to 13M+ viewers last night, and a 5.2 demo. -- nm - MDH Feb 19, 18:31 3
- By April, Everyone in the world will be watching this show. - Reagen Feb 19, 18:36
- This always struck me as the type of show that (could/would) do well with good WOM. - ty97 Feb 19, 18:32 1
  - It took long enough but networks finally realized there should be shows for audiences other then white men. -- nm - MDH Feb 19, 18:37
I do wonder if those 'honest Oscar Voter' people are the outside anti-establishment types. -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 18:27 1
- Well, the one dude did use the word "whack" to criticize the Lego Movie, so you know he's got his finger on the pulse of today's youth. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 18:58
WWE's Seth Rollins hits back at Jon Stewart... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 19, 18:18 [youtube] 2
- Stewart actually watches the product so this is tremendous. -- nm - Tim Feb 19, 18:50 1
  - he'll guest host. -- nm - Remlik Feb 19, 18:51
Wow, Yvette Nicole Brown lost a lot of weight -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 19, 18:04 7
- And there is everything wrong with the same theme song and the same names for The Odd Couple.... -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 19, 18:06 6
  - This sucks. There are far too many talented people in this for this to suck this much. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 19, 18:12 5
    - Fantastic cast but something about it just seemed... off. Hopefully pilot-itis. - Cuzzin Todd Feb 19, 18:14 4
      - I just nearly threw something through the tv when they (spoils) - Will Hunting Feb 19, 18:15 3
        
        Didn't catch that, but then I don't recall the original series clearly enough, been awhile since I've seen it. - Cuzzin Todd Feb 19, 18:36 2
        
        I think that line I quoted is the one line most people would know from the original. - Will Hunting Feb 19, 18:37 1
        
        They usually get to see the first few so maybe it gets better. -- nm - spamlet Feb 19, 18:38
can't sleep. Zachary Quinto's eye brows are gonna get me... -- nm - Beaker Feb 19, 17:59 1
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STIS Quiz: Survivor's Eye of the Tiger was Billboard 100's #2 song of 1982 behind this song. -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 17:59 3
- I believe I Got this answer right at trivia a few months ago "Physical" by Olivia Newton john, right? -- nm - MDH Feb 19, 18:16 2
  - The only trivia I know about that song is it was first offered to Rod Stewart. -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 19:07
  - Well done! I never ever would have guessed that. - ty97 Feb 19, 18:18
Not yet drinking. - Mel Profit Feb 19, 17:38 9
- disappointment. scorn. horror. - ty97 Feb 19, 17:52 2
  - *snork* excellent. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 17:53 1
    - and on top of that (hypocrite alert) life is short. - ty97 Feb 19, 18:01
- da fuq! -- nm - Diva Feb 19, 17:43
- Get out! Snow Goblins will get you. - Epiphany Feb 19, 17:40 4
  - I have one more thing I should do in good conscious. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 17:42 3
    - Drunk Project Management is a skill -- nm - budice Feb 19, 17:50 2
      - Oh the early Aughts. I miss them. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 17:52 1
        
        sent you a text. -- nm - Diva Feb 19, 18:56
Suge Knight had another 'medical emergency' during today's court appearance and taken to hospital' then back to jail. -- (link) - Meg Feb 19, 17:36 1
- Which hospital does he keep going to? Which court house are they in? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Feb 19, 18:33
We have a two hour delay for tomorrow and parents on facebook are flipping out that school isn't canceled yet. Should be a productive day. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 19, 17:33 8
- So do we! 3 in a row. -- nm - Ultron Feb 19, 18:15
- They had a 2 hour delay here this morning and I have no idea why. -- nm - CQ Feb 19, 17:43 6
  - Ours are usually just due to temperature. Kids waiting at bus stops in the dark. A delay buys time for it to warm up. Parents aren't fans. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 19, 17:48 5
    - From -12 to -6. - Covington on Fire Feb 19, 17:53 2
      - It currently feels like -2 here. I wonder what it will feel like if we do reach -2 as predicted. - David Feb 19, 18:05
      - Exactly. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 19, 18:03
    - maybe that's what was going on. I guess kids don't have coats or something -- nm - CQ Feb 19, 17:50 1
      - Fundamentally I agree, but I don't remember standing at a bus stop when it was -18. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 19, 18:04
One of those gossip website is reporting that Harris Wittels, 30, exec producer of Parks & Rec and apparent creator of the term "humblebrag" had died - ty97 Feb 19, 17:23 3
- Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. -- nm - nubby Feb 19, 17:58
- bunch of stories now, and thr says they've confirmed. :/ nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 19, 17:32 1
  - Wiki already has changed all the 'is' to was -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 19, 17:37
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  - He wanted the Cowboys right? If DeMarco goes unsigned... -- nm - budice Feb 19, 17:26
Hey Mop, Legos at Toy Fair 2015 -- (link) - Ultron Feb 19, 17:06 1
- I love that the Ant-man set has some giant Lego bricks. -- nm - Mop Feb 19, 17:16
Have we read the HR interviews with anonymous Oscar voters this year? (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 17:05 19
- "Whiplash....that's the one with the drums, right? Well once I was high on coke backstage at a Nirvana concert, and Dave Grohl shoved his tongue down - Anonymous Feb 19, 17:31
- I kinda despised this woman. -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 17:23 3
  - (note: not wiggums) -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 17:24 2
    - It's ok, I hate you too and will not be voting for you for best screenplay. :P nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 17:26 1
      - Good call, I wouldn't vote for my screenplay either. - ty97 Feb 19, 17:28
- I read that first one, from here, yesterday - hadn't yet seen the second, though. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 19, 17:10 13
  - (the animation branch is only 387 people?! wow) -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 17:25 2
    - That's the same size as the public relations branch -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 17:39 1
      - (1/16th of the total) -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 17:39
  - "Alan Turing was very much defined by his repressed homosexuality, and I just don’t think the film deals with that very well." - David Feb 19, 17:17 7
    - I haven't seen the movie, but I didn't think that was necessarily bad? - b. Feb 19, 17:28 6
      - To be fair, I did notice a lack of gay sex orgies. -- nm - Dano Feb 19, 19:11
      - It's a comment so clueless I wonder if the person actually watched the entire movie. - David Feb 19, 17:30
      - It.....wasn't glossed over - ty97 Feb 19, 17:28 3
        
        It wasn't glossed over for sure but it was done...subtly? I don't recall any showy histrionics. - Mel Profit Feb 19, 17:41
        
        If anything, it was too obvious, which may be what he's talking about -- nm - Roger More Feb 19, 17:37
        
        that was just one possible interpretation. just giving a non-bigoted possibility. -- nm - b. Feb 19, 17:30
  - oof. already hesitating after reading he can't separate actors from their films - didn't like the latter, can't vote for the former. dude. -- nm - b. Feb 19, 17:13 1
    - yeah, that's a problem in approach -- nm - ty97 Feb 19, 17:28
~wookin' pa nub/in aw da wong pwaces/lookin' pa nub...~ -- nm - Reagen Feb 19, 16:59
an away message from an account manager of a business consulting company has this sign-off: "I look forward to responding at my earliest convenience." - b. Feb 19, 16:57 9
- Yup, I'd think 'earliest opportunity' would be more appropriate. -- nm - Meg Feb 19, 17:00
- "... my earliest opportunity." -- nm - Ultron Feb 19, 17:00 7
  - hee, you twoo. right, that's more normal. -- nm - b. Feb 19, 17:02 5
    - That might have been a simple mistake on his part. -- nm - Ultron Feb 19, 17:04 3
      - Or he was trying to be clever and botched it. -- nm - Ultron Feb 19, 17:05 2
        
        yah, I'd guess that - not a big thing at all, just odd. -- nm - b. Feb 19, 17:09 1
        
        he, maybe he crowd sourced it like Loyola! -- nm - Ultron Feb 19, 17:10
    - er two. (although I may start calling a certain someone that now. hah.) -- nm - b. Feb 19, 17:02
  - :) -- nm - Meg Feb 19, 17:02
Amazon had a tech screening today. Some of their Fall TVs are going to come with Sling. - David Feb 19, 16:54
It's CNN, so.....grain of salt. But remember Ferguson? Well, it's might be about to be back in the news. - ty97 Feb 19, 16:35 4
- The mayor has not heard anything from Justice. -- (link) - spamlet Feb 19, 18:46
- 8 hours of sensitivity training, next -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 19, 17:05 2
  - Please, NOT MEG!!!!!!!! -- nm - Ferguson Police Feb 19, 17:07 1
    - "you will not enjoy this. This will not be over quickly..." -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 17:43
This is kinda neat. My sister is a guest on Illinois NPR tomorrow talking about Roger Ebert and the Oscars. nmblink - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 16:33 8
- Woot! -- nm - Epiphany Feb 19, 17:39
- I know WILL very well. This is awesome. :) -- nm - Beck Feb 19, 16:55 1
  - Can someone get me the rhyming Becktionary? (nm) - Beck Feb 19, 16:56
- Has she written something about Roger Ebert that's online somewhere? -- nm - David Feb 19, 16:55 1
  - Not that I know of. I'm not sure how she got the gig other than being a film professor. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 16:59
- Very cool! Congrats to your sister! -- nm - Krusty Feb 19, 16:49
- A lot more than kinda -- nm - prayformojo Feb 19, 16:36 1
  - yah, that's great! :) - -- nm - b. Feb 19, 16:54
Ipads are vuduable, right? - prayformojo Feb 19, 16:31 4
- Streaming and off-line playback, both. Great for flights. -- nm - Mop Feb 19, 16:34
- Absolutely. You can also watch TiVo recordings from your iPad. -- nm - David Feb 19, 16:32 2
  - Is that universal or only Roamio users? -- nm - Mop Feb 19, 16:34 1
    - "To download shows, you must have a TiVo Stream or TiVo Roamio Plus or Pro." -- (link) - Mop Feb 19, 16:41
Vikings is back in 150 minutes -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 19, 16:30 3
- neechay! -- nm - ML Feb 19, 16:56 2
  - Oops. -- nm - MLsi Feb 19, 16:56 1
    - 121 -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 19, 16:59
Loot Crate shipping label created! - David Feb 19, 16:28 2
- it's toys this month. -- nm - Remlik Feb 19, 16:42 1
  - Yup. -- (link) - Ultron Feb 19, 17:08
on our last episode of Top Gear we will take the original Death Race 2000 challenge racing from Edinburgh to the cliffs of Dover racking up as many - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 19, 16:24
:( I've spent the day baking and doing paperwork...I've walked fewer than 1,000 steps...this is not a good thing. -- nm - Meg Feb 19, 16:21 5
- you'll make up for it this weekend camping in the outback -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the s5 galaxy Feb 19, 17:03 1
  - I'll try, but often the days driving there and back are low activity days. -- nm - Meg Feb 19, 17:05
- Are you on the 5,000 steps regime? - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Feb 19, 16:24 2
  - I aim for - but rarely reach - 10,000. I average 6 - 7000 on a good day. -- nm - Meg Feb 19, 16:25 1
    - that's excellent for someone who isn't a runnner. -- nm - decline Feb 19, 16:28
"My girl likes to party all the time, party all the time, party all the tiiiiiime." nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 16:18 7
- So to thank me for ordering that book, you're in turn giving me this earworm that is in no way going to be waking me up at 2am tonight? -- nm - prayformojo Feb 19, 16:27 2
  - Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuup. nm - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 16:28 1
    - I'm shipping a shark to your toilet. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 16:33
- how about his song with Snoop Lion -- (link) - Remlik Feb 19, 16:21 [youtube]
- I feel like we have to go back and review his work for hidden messages like we did with Judas Priest. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 19, 16:20
- If he released a movie over the next three months, it would do better thanks to the good will fostered by that story. -- nm - David Feb 19, 16:19 1
  - Thing I learned from this Guardian article--he is promoting a new reggae single! (nmblink) - ralph wiggum Feb 19, 16:21
We got Oscars, too! -- nm - Larry'nique & Curly'nique Feb 19, 16:15

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