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Anyone heard about Bernard Pierce? spoils... - budice Mar 18, 11:57
Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 6m6 minutes ago Ravens announced they have released RB Bernard Pierce, who was arrested for DWI. -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 11:54 2
- I told the cops this would happen! Damn! -- nm - Bernie Mar 18, 11:54 1
  - How do you feel about the Cowboys? -- nm - Jerry Mar 18, 11:55
Max Landis @Uptomyknees · WWE reached out. They offered me the position of teaching "Defense Against The Dark Arts." Seems legit -- nm - Remlik Mar 18, 11:48
Did you know there's such a thing as the dollar shave club? Where if you spend alot of money on gillette blades, this supposedly works out cheaper; -- (link) - Loyola Mar 18, 11:44 13
- I've been using Dollar Shave Club for a year now. In my experience, it's just as good a product as Schick or Gillette ever put out. - ReluctantCynic Mar 18, 11:59 2
  - Oh, and if you want to try it out, let me know. I'll post a referral link. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 18, 11:59 1
    - Thanks, that's very decent of you. I might go back shaving someday. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 12:05
- Kind of unfortunate they came around right before the Great Beard Comeback of 2013 -- nm - con_carne Mar 18, 11:54 3
  - OTOH, guys into beard culture should take the hint! -- nm - Roger More Mar 18, 11:56 1
    - They need to fix their weird Aryan Nation haircuts first -- nm - con_carne Mar 18, 11:57
  - I keep a permanent stubble for the last few years, but I thought it was an interesting idea. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 11:56
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- There are people who don't know that? The ads are EVERYWHERE. -- nm - Ender (3 Days till Puerto Rico) Mar 18, 11:51 1
  - He is not on this land mass, so I pulled back on that response. -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 11:53
- Yes. I know a guy who tried it and determined that Gillette blades are worth the money. - Shaun Mar 18, 11:48 1
  - I use an old 1940s Gilette, so my blades are 15 cents each. -- nm - Ender (3 Days till Puerto Rico) Mar 18, 11:52
- yes -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 11:45
Final Fantasy XV demo summon. Huge summon spoilers in case you don't want to see it. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 18, 11:42 [youtube] 3
- What the crap. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 18, 11:55 [youtube]
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- Is anyone else wondering about Shaun right now? -- nm - David Mar 18, 11:46
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- Ah! -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 11:54
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- Adam Schefter: Both sides, Greg Hardy and Cowboys, continue to say no deal yet. Both sides working to get it done and hard to see how it doesn't get.. - Ultron Mar 18, 11:42
- Who is their RB? Not enough $ for All Day, now. -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 11:38 4
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    - I honestly figured there was another. -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 11:41 2
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        Yeah, they are not the answers. -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 11:43
- Hardy's going to be suspended 6-8 games and has to stay out of trouble while he's not playing. - David Mar 18, 11:36 1
  - *ding* -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 11:38
Will Football still be the #1 sport in 10 years? 20 Years? 47 Years? - amoxy Mar 18, 11:34 21
- Rugby League, ftw! - znufrii Mar 18, 11:56
- Yes...likely....no. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 18, 11:39
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  - Oh shit I would love to see robots tear one another apart playing football. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 11:49
- Yes, No, No. -- nm - MDH Mar 18, 11:36
- I think I would prefer baseball. But they never show it on tv. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 11:35
- I think baseball is about to make a comeback in a big way. - David Mar 18, 11:35 13
  - I think we could be getting ready to see kids go back to playing it in larger numbers. At least, that's my hope as much as my belief. -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 11:47 2
    - Where I live it's lousy with kids playing baseball at parks on the weekends. I've actually thought of you when seeing these games - con_carne Mar 18, 11:53
    - Until it can gain popularity traction in schools (all levels), it will never happen. -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 11:49
  - I just can not see this happening. Not in this short attention span society. -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 11:38 2
    - TBF, they're working on the pace. -- nm - Ender (3 Days till Puerto Rico) Mar 18, 11:39 1
      - They may succeed in shortening the game by a few minutes, but it will require more drastic than that. -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 11:44
  - Cricket! 20twenty will rule you all! -- nm - Roger More Mar 18, 11:38 4
    - Someone tried to explain cricket to me last week. My head literally exploded and I died. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 11:43 3
      - Yes, but your brain explodes at the mention of the ECB. And Krusty's at the mention of non-NY pizza. - Roger More Mar 18, 11:52 1
        
        I didn't follow it. I can honestly say that if the cricket world cup was being played in my back garden, I wouldn't watch it. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 11:57
      - That's about what happens to me too. :-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 11:48
  - I played almost every sport (save lacrosse) growing up. I will definitely have my try baseball, no way in hell football. -- nm - MDH Mar 18, 11:37
  - Lacrosse! -- nm - Sterling Archer Mar 18, 11:36
- yes, no, yes -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 11:34
List of rule change requests in the NFL per NFL.com - Ultron Mar 18, 11:27
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Sleepy Hollow renewed, which is a surprise. -- nm - David Mar 18, 11:22 8
- A "full" 18 episodes is actually the more surprising part. -- nm - Ender (3 Days till Puerto Rico) Mar 18, 11:39
- off the rails. S1 was fun. now their just corresponding it in. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 18, 11:32 5
  - r u still interested in watching the last couple eps? If not, I can check them out on my own. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 11:37
  - They really spent 17 episodes too long figuring out what to do with the wife. -- nm - Ender (3 Days till Puerto Rico) Mar 18, 11:34 3
    - yes they did. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 11:38 1
      - You either have to integrate her fully into the group, or kill her off, not whatever the hell that was. - Ender (3 Days till Puerto Rico) Mar 18, 11:41
    - THIS. -- nm - MDH Mar 18, 11:37
- I'm not that surprised, at least not since they bounced the showrunner. - Ender (3 Days till Puerto Rico) Mar 18, 11:24
At least 4 people shot in Arizona shooting spree. -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 11:20 3
- I live about a mile from that area -- nm - eag Mar 18, 11:39 2
  - :( -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 11:41 1
    - I did see 2 police vans racing down the street this morning as I was riding the bus to work - eag Mar 18, 11:44
Lunch update - there are client meetings all over the place today and leftovers, delicious leftovers. FREE LUNCH! -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 11:19 8
- Sweet! We are having last luncheon before on of the women goes on maternity leave. Getting Mexican. I ordered Nachos - amoxy Mar 18, 11:29 7
  - You should sing the Nacho Song. Which is really the Batman TV theme with the word 'nachos' subbing in for 'Batman'. - Roger More Mar 18, 11:36 1
    - Lets hear it for Breakfast! -- nm - Kimmy Mar 18, 11:38
  - Nachos are awesome. *approves* -- nm - Shaun Mar 18, 11:33 3
    - I haven't gotten them in forever and it just sounded so gooey good -- nm - amoxy Mar 18, 11:34 2
      - we have sauteed salmon and bacon-wrapped chicken breasts. lots of different salads. cookies and brownies. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 11:38 1
        
        Yummy! -- nm - amoxy Mar 18, 11:39
  - yum! -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 11:31
*sigh of relief* -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 11:18
I've been underrating the Irish all season so I guess I shouldn't be surprised about all the ND to the Final Four picks -- nm - rollo Mar 18, 11:14 4
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- They're the best team ever in the country in terms of points per possession and effective field goal percentage. - David Mar 18, 11:19
- No way ND gets past both Butler and IU. -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 11:18 1
  - Coincidentally, the first D-I college basketball game I ever attended was Butler @ ND. - Baron Go Bragh Mar 18, 11:24
Not The Onion: A Colts rule proposal at next week’s Annual Meetings: a bonus field goal for an additional point after a successful two-point attempt. -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 11:11 3
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- And if they go for two on that one? -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 11:23
- because...field goals are the most exciting part of the game, look at how great it is when a soccor championship is decided by kicks -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 18, 11:19
this eclipse really doesn't want to be seen -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 18, 11:07
Guess the Fed statement was just released. -- nm - Meg Mar 18, 11:06 6
- They did what they said they would do. SELL SELL SELL -- nm - spamlet Mar 18, 11:10
- yeah, that is a funny chart -- (link) - ty97 Mar 18, 11:10 1
  - I was watching the Dow ~300 points straight up. -- nm - Meg Mar 18, 11:18
- #raisealltherates -- nm - ty97 Mar 18, 11:07 2
  - #keepty97down -- nm - Max Mar 18, 11:09 1
    - @TheMan -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 11:10
Tales from the Borderlands Part 2 (Atlas Mugged) is available for download today. -- nm - David Mar 18, 11:06
Notre Dam, Wisconsin, UVA, Gonzaga (Sorry Terps :-( ) -- nm - MDH Mar 18, 10:58
The Patriots just signed Robert McClain. That's a solid acquisition. - David Mar 18, 10:52 1
- His last three seasons per PFF: 90 out of 108 CBs, 62 out of 110, 14 out of 113. - David Mar 18, 10:57
Now *that* is a picture of the northern lights -- (link) - oblique Mar 18, 10:51 1
- But Maleficent's just misunderstood! -- nm - Roger More Mar 18, 11:02
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- I had to backboard, I was concerned that your father was hospitalized - ty97 Mar 18, 11:08 2
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    - haha, yeah, I picked that up with time. - ty97 Mar 18, 11:22
- heh -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 10:50 3
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    - :) -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 11:15
    - ahh, you're so nice. :) -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 10:55
Today's Amazon Deal of the Day is an LG 40" 4K TV for $499.00. -- (link) - Mop Mar 18, 10:49 4
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  - I've seen gigantic 4K display models in Future Shop and they are certainly gorgeous, but yeah, in a 40"? Wasted tech. -- nm - Shaun Mar 18, 11:01
  - Nothing can beat 480p! Nothing, I tell you!!! -- nm - Hqmiserable Mar 18, 10:59
  - 40-4k or hoark -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 18, 10:57
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- That's not good, right? -- nm - spamlet Mar 18, 10:49 3
  - Bobby Cox believes that anyone who throws 95 consistently automatically takes 6 bats out of a lineup. - David Mar 18, 10:54
  - right, it looks like in the next five years he'll top 101 and his arm will fly across the plate after the ball at some point. -- nm - Max Mar 18, 10:51
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Denmark Wants to Show Porn in School....(link) -- (link) - Walt_Disney Mar 18, 10:45 4
- that must be the fox news headlines, in Europe it's called sex education -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 18, 10:58
- There are a lot of ways this could go wrong but if done correctly, I believe it's a good idea. -- nm - David Mar 18, 10:50 2
  - Well, sure. Now if they wanted to *make* porn in school ... - Beryllium Mar 18, 10:55 1
    - Most parents would definitely find it HILARIOUS! :) -- nm - Guigue Mar 18, 10:59
Video from the trail cam at Starr Ranch Sanctuary -- (link) - Meg Mar 18, 10:42 1
- Last night - coyote -- (link) - Meg Mar 18, 10:43
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"Fat Logic" Reddit is a bit of a guilty pleasure for me. Yik Yak experiment kinda sums it up: -- (link) - con_carne Mar 18, 10:37 [Image] 8
- I've made three posts on Reddit in my entire life. -- nm - David Mar 18, 10:46 7
  - Nobody wants to see dudes on r/gonewild David. -- nm - Shaun Mar 18, 11:00 5
    - I'm happy to say that I have no idea what this means. - David Mar 18, 11:05 4
      - Remember how horrible the Girls Gone Wild business concept was? Take that, double it, then double it again, and you have /r/GW - Beryllium Mar 18, 11:11 3
        
        tl;dr naked lady selfies -- nm - Shaun Mar 18, 11:18 2
        
        Well when you put it like that ... -- nm - Beryllium Mar 18, 11:27 1
        
        Gotta keep my WPP down. -- nm - Shaun Mar 18, 11:33
  - Just keep at it, David. I believe in you -- nm - con_carne Mar 18, 10:57
Huh, the actor who plays Charlie in Scandal voiced the lead character on one of my favorite cartoons as a kid - znufrii Mar 18, 10:36 2
- My Pretty Pony? -- nm - groiny Mar 18, 10:37 1
  - 25 Spawn Points -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 11:21
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell. -- nm - David Mar 18, 10:32 7
- Put me in the hospital for nerves And then they had to commit me -- nm - Mop Mar 18, 10:51
- really? we can't tell -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 18, 10:49
- Crazy is being a fan of Justified. -- nm - budice Mar 18, 10:33 4
  - so much wrong encapsulated in so few words. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 10:52
  - Looks like someone is still sad that they canceled Smash... -- nm - Shaun Mar 18, 10:48
  - Begone, troll. -- nm - David Mar 18, 10:45
  - budice has completely lost his mind. nm -- nm - groiny Mar 18, 10:35
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- Thank you balloon for CQ. -- nm - budice Mar 18, 10:33 1
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  - sweet -- nm - CQ Mar 18, 11:49

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