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I caught up on the last two episodes of Agents of Shield. Holy Moses! Fantastic! (spoils) - TWuG Mar 12, 11:28
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- 3 year deal per shefter -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 11:31
- I'll wait for Chip Kelly to confirm. -- nm - David Mar 12, 11:29
so, i was just playing with the slackertalk Kiva stats and two things - we have loaned more than $14,000 ! and we loan to the Philippines a *lot*. -- nm - Andie Mar 12, 11:27 1
- Imelda Marcos always repays her shoe related debts -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 11:28
Hey Magic dorks: Planet Money looked at how it avoided the Beanie Baby curse. -- (link) - spamlet Mar 12, 11:22 2
- TL;DL basically they flooded the market with Revised/Fallen Empires/Ice Age to kill speculation. -- nm - spamlet Mar 12, 11:29
- step one: don't spend a fucking penny on fucking Beanie Babies? -- nm - professor smartbrain Mar 12, 11:24
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- In Boston. Of course. -- nm - Diva Mar 12, 11:45
- Not it. -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 11:30
- I miss skagnetti. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 12, 11:25 4
  - Anybody seen pixie? -- nm - prayformojo Mar 12, 11:26 3
    - not in the past 10 minutes, no. -- nm - Andie Mar 12, 11:34 1
      - ... oh *hell* no! -- nm - Ultron Mar 12, 11:36
    - Hopefully not. -- nm - Ultron Mar 12, 11:26
Speaking of the gays, I recently rewatched Madonna's hit music video Open Your Heart - con_carne Mar 12, 11:18 [youtube] 5
- I think we've discussed this not-so-embarrassing fact before, but I had *such* a crush on that kid when I was a kid. -- nm - ty97 Mar 12, 11:24 4
  - I think I was 17 or 18 when that video came out. - ReluctantCynic Mar 12, 11:29 3
    - We didn't get MTV until way after it was out. I only caught it like twice a year on the Top Videos Ever countdowns -- nm - con_carne Mar 12, 11:35
    - I was 11. He was apparently 13. -- nm - ty97 Mar 12, 11:31 1
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How about a bar brawl between Dwayne Johnson and Hafthor Bjornsson (The Mountain)? -- nm - Max Mar 12, 11:18 7
- It would depend on The Mountain's conditioning with regards to endurance. - David Mar 12, 11:24
- Mountain. Definitely. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 12, 11:21
- Rock. -- nm - Remlik Mar 12, 11:20 2
  - oh come on! Vin Diesel beat up the Rock -- nm - decline Mar 12, 11:29 1
    - nope. Rock can legit fight. VIn 'movie fight'. -- nm - Remlik Mar 12, 11:35
- The Mountain That Rides would likely turn the Rock into the Pebble -- nm - TWuG Mar 12, 11:19
- Mountain -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 11:19
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- This is a great example of why I think very few people should have full personnel power. - David Mar 12, 11:18 2
  - Two other notes: Evan Mathis was the #2 guard in all of football last year by PFF grading. - David Mar 12, 11:22 1
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- do Houston QBs next! -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 11:18
- I'm pretty sure it's the later -- nm - decline Mar 12, 11:18
Enceladus has warm liquid water beneath its icy shell. Increases the potential for life of some kind. -- (link) - TWuG Mar 12, 11:16 5
- And Ganymede has a liquid ocean, as well. - TWuG Mar 12, 11:34
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- octopi - they're gonna find giant alien octopi on that damn moon -- nm - decline Mar 12, 11:17 2
  - Just great. That'll mean they just come up and drag our first rover down to its murky depths. -- nm - Jovian Mar 12, 11:30 1
    - wouldn't it be terrifying (well, *cosmically terrifying*) if we discovered octopi-like creatures that resemble Cthulhu? . . . and more frighteningly.. - call me Ishmael Mar 12, 13:32
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So, have you ever eaten bone marrow? Did you like it? - prayformojo Mar 12, 11:14 1
- it was way too rich for me. I would eat it again, but less of it. -- nm - Tomato Noodle Retardo Mar 12, 11:18
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we were told intern joshie would be here all week this week. "all week" apparently means "till thursday at 4." - Tomato Noodle Retardo Mar 12, 11:07 3
- did anything get accomplished? -- nm - Andie Mar 12, 11:09 2
  - so we were supposed to do "report building and allocations" all week, but the vendor never told us that we needed to do data validation before they - Tomato Noodle Retardo Mar 12, 11:17 1
    - just means he'll have to come back for the report thingy later!! -- nm - decline Mar 12, 11:18
Funko poll: Do you have a Funko POP! vinyl? Which one(s)? -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 11:07 10
- I have a whole store of it! -- nm - Remlik Mar 12, 11:20 3
  - I'd argue that merch like this is saving the comic book store. -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 11:31
  - Mop you should think of doing this.....the Marvel Collector Corps -- (link) - Remlik Mar 12, 11:26 1
    - Not a fan that it's exclusively Marvel. Have they sent out a box yet, so I can see what it looks like? -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 11:29
- Batman and Joker Batman. -- nm - Ultron Mar 12, 11:14 1
  - There's a few Batmans. I like the black/grey one (not Adam West, though). -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 11:30
- Loki, my son has Star Lord and Dancing Groot. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 12, 11:11
- Star Lord (Minus mask), Raphael, Mr Redlegs, Pilot Luke Skywalker, Silent Bob, Ender Wiggen, Captain America, Baby Groot. -- nm - Ender (9 Days till Puerto Rico) Mar 12, 11:09
- Thanks to my awesome secret stalker, I have a Walking Dead Daryl one. It's the only one I have -- nm - CQ Mar 12, 11:09 1
  - Funko POP! vinyls seem like a great gift idea. I've got my eye on two that I can get for my brother. -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 11:21
HBO wants more than 7 Seasons for GOT -- (link) - amoxy Mar 12, 11:01 4
- NO! Think of all the sagging boobs! -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 11:08
- Sand Trek: The Next Generation -- nm - Max Mar 12, 11:07
- "The author is currently writing the next book in his saga, although at this point he’s not expected to keep pace with the show" - decline Mar 12, 11:03 1
  - The show isn't expected to hew too closely to the books from here on out anyway. - TWuG Mar 12, 11:06
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- ~Somewhere over Dwayne Bowe~ -- nm - Inigo Mar 12, 11:00
Last night I email both the Health teacher and the vice principal. I haven't heard back from either, but my daughter just texted that contraceptives - TWuG Mar 12, 10:59 1
- good work. -- nm - Andie Mar 12, 11:02
Some New Orleans writers think Drew Brees is going to wind up playing for Tampa Bay next season. -- nm - David Mar 12, 10:55 11
- "NBC Washington's Dianna Marie Russini reports the Saints are trying to trade Kenny Stills." - David Mar 12, 10:58 9
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    - I doubt they'll get much for their long snapper. -- nm - David Mar 12, 11:12 3
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        As in certain to happen or wildly unlikely to happen? -- nm - David Mar 12, 11:29 1
        
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    - Of course, but they're beginning to remind me of the Braves in November. - David Mar 12, 11:02 2
      - although that does sound like something Farrow would say. -- nm - Reagen Mar 12, 11:06
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- The way this offseason has gone - eag Mar 12, 10:57
Frozen 2! Oh, the effin humanity -- nm - CQ Mar 12, 10:51 6
- Icelandic Boogaloo. -- nm - Baron Go Bragh Mar 12, 11:01
- No way they're letting this cash cow die. -- nm - Jovian Mar 12, 10:54
- "We told you to let it go, but did you listen? No! So now we do things the hard way! Olaf, my sword, please." -- nm - TWuG Mar 12, 10:53
- Disnew just won't let it go -- nm - decline Mar 12, 10:53
- Last I heard (yesterday), it's all rumor/ nothing substantianted -- nm - MDH Mar 12, 10:53 1
  - It's as inevitable as sunrise. -- nm - David Mar 12, 10:59
jorgito, serious work-related SEC question (if you can say, within the bounds of your duty of confidentiality) - professor smartbrain Mar 12, 10:45 5
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  - say no more *wink wink* -- nm - professor smartbrain Mar 12, 11:15 1
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- 2103? pixie knows the *future* of the SEC. -- nm - Inigo Mar 12, 10:52 1
  - we're looking at the long game here -- nm - professor smartbrain Mar 12, 10:56
DeMarco Murray's deal with Eagles is expected to be 5 years, $42 million, including $21 million guaranteed -- (link) - decline Mar 12, 10:45
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- as for Mathews, he's still at his physical and the situation is now 'Fluid' -- (link) - decline Mar 12, 10:51
- missed it by that much [ ] -- nm - decline Mar 12, 10:46 3
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      - it's comparable though. -- nm - decline Mar 12, 10:49
If your a Murray St fan that ILL-Mich score might make you smile a bit -- nm - eag Mar 12, 10:42 1
- They beat Illinois State, not Illinois. - Kim Pine Mar 12, 10:57
intern joshie, when given his choice of cookie, chose oatmeal raisin. what? -- nm - Tomato Noodle Retardo Mar 12, 10:40 22
- Is there anything he *can* do? -- nm - spamlet Mar 12, 10:55
- what were the choices? - Andie Mar 12, 10:49 5
  - choco chip, choco chunk, gluten free (unspec flavor), oatmeal raisin. -- nm - Tomato Noodle Retardo Mar 12, 10:51 4
    - Well, at least he didn't pick the worst available cookie. Maybe he has issues with chocolate? -- nm - TWuG Mar 12, 10:54
    - I'd pick the oatmeal raisin too -- nm - decline Mar 12, 10:53 2
      - chocolate chip cookies are amongst mankind's greatest achievements. -- nm - Andie Mar 12, 10:57 1
        
        *mouth full of delicious cookie crumbs* mmmm-hmmmm! -- nm - starving Syrian refugee Mar 12, 11:05
- Rah Rah Rah Raisin -- nm - Lady Gaga Mar 12, 10:46
- Joshie finally gets one right. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 12, 10:45 13
  - I love me some oatmeal raisin cookies, but we have to know what cookies are available before praising the young lad -- nm - CQ Mar 12, 10:46 12
    - Oatmeal raisins are my #1 choice so he did right. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 12, 10:47 11
      - I agree with Will Hunting. - ReluctantCynic Mar 12, 11:24
      - *nodding* -- nm - kelly Mar 12, 10:57
      - ...if you're a dessert sadist. Are rice cakes your favorite cake, too? -- nm - Inigo Mar 12, 10:56 1
        
        "Rice cakes aren't cakes, they're biscuits!" -- nm - loosi SI Mar 12, 11:18
      - Chad won't even eat them. -- nm - CQ Mar 12, 10:52
      - Who are you?! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 12, 10:51
      - raisins do not belong in any sort of confectionary. - Andie Mar 12, 10:50
      - I enjoy a good oatmeal raisin cookie if they are soft, but they still fall well below your basic sugar cookie. - TWuG Mar 12, 10:50
      - wha? Can you talk over a fan? -- nm - CQ Mar 12, 10:49
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      - *baffled* -- nm - Shaun Mar 12, 10:48
Who wins in a bar brawl, Mark Wahlberg or Jason Statham? -- nm - Max Mar 12, 10:37 19
- Statham. -- nm - Remlik Mar 12, 11:25
- Oh geez. Statham would kill Marky Mark with one punch. -- nm - Mop Mar 12, 11:07
- Statham every day of the week, plus twice on Tuesdays -- nm - prayformojo Mar 12, 11:07
- Marky Mark's short little t-rex arms don't have the reach to get Statham -- nm - MDH Mar 12, 10:52 1
  - yeah, unless Wahlberg got to beat him with his prosthetic penis. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 12, 10:54
- I don't give a shit who wins as long as there is oil involved in this fight -- nm - Epiphany Mar 12, 10:43 1
  - You asked for it. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 12, 10:51 [youtube]
- Statham -- nm - decline Mar 12, 10:43
- " not you, not you, not you, not you, not you, not you, not you, and not you!" Me -- nm - CQ Mar 12, 10:42
- Statham wins the fight, Wahlberg gets arrested for cheapshotting him after it's over. -- nm - David Mar 12, 10:41 1
  - agreed -- nm - Epiphany Mar 12, 10:43
- Seeing as marky Mark sez things would have gone differently on 9/11 if he was on one of the planes I'm going to go with Tina Yothers. -- nm - Diva Mar 12, 10:39
- how is this even a question? -- nm - groiny Mar 12, 10:39 1
  - I don't think it's so simple. JS is trained in the gym, MW is trained in beating on people. Plus, MW is obviously less risk averse and probably has - Max Mar 12, 10:57
- Statham -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 12, 10:38
- Statham -- nm - Roger More Mar 12, 10:37 3
  - this -- nm - Beaker Mar 12, 11:19
  - Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe f*ck yourself -- nm - con_carne Mar 12, 10:46 1
    - my favorite Marky Mark quote and there are so many to pick from -- nm - Epiphany Mar 12, 10:50
Dawson, did you get Madonna tickets? -- nm - MDH Mar 12, 10:34 1
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"Always in motion is the future." -- (link) - Inigo Mar 12, 10:34 1
- "Don't get too close to people, you'll catch their dreams". Years later, I realized I misunderstood her. "Germs", she said, "not dreams, you'll catch - TWuG Mar 12, 10:40
Ben Grubbs, another highly paid Saint, has been traded to KC. - David Mar 12, 10:33
US Airways FF accounts will merge into American FF accounts next month so probably near your last chance to get this card and 50K miles -- (link) - ty97 Mar 12, 10:26 3
- Will my soon to expire AA miles get bumped to the later USAirways date? - znufrii Mar 12, 11:10 1
  - Unknown at this point. -- nm - ty97 Mar 12, 11:29
- It's almost definitely going away 3/31. Cards will be replaced with AA cards starting on 4/1 -- nm - spamlet Mar 12, 10:30

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