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wap? Grrreat video of the eclipse taken from a flight above the Faroe Islands -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 20, 09:46
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- O Lord, we beseech thee in our time of need. Pour out your wrath upon the players and coaches that acknowledge you not - ReluctantCynic Mar 20, 09:47
United has started running fares from DFW to Copenhagen and Stockholm pretty cheap (under $600 in some cases). So...... -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 09:41 2
- British Airways (a partner of Americans) has started running cheap fares from Houston, Denver, Dulles to Copenhagen and Stockholm. - ty97 Mar 20, 09:42 1
  - Ahh, SFO as well (since it's also a United hub). And looks like Oslo is included as well. -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 09:42
4 ways groceries are shrinking -- (link) - Beaker Mar 20, 09:40
Come on, only 1 rift circuitry left. One left! -- nm - CQ Mar 20, 09:34
Did we see Obama may have bought Robin's Nest, the home shown in Magnum PI? -- (link) - TWuG Mar 20, 09:31 7
- Finally completing a plan he set into motion 30 years ago: Graduate from school, become president, buy Magnum's kick ass bachelor pad. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 09:46
- OBAMA! -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:35 5
  - I hope the Secret Service incorporates the cannon into the security system! -- nm - TWuG Mar 20, 09:36 4
    - They'll just blow a hole in a passerby while on drunken watch. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 20, 09:36 1
      - "we're not stoppin' drinkin' till Rick and TC show up to take us on a helichopter ride" -- nm - Secret Service Mar 20, 09:37
    - and the dogs -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:36 1
      - Zeus & Apollo!! -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:36
It's Friday, so: What $3,200/Month Can Rent You in New York City -- (link) - ty97 Mar 20, 09:29 5
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  - I'm pretty sure if the click on the rightmost picture on the first row.... - ty97 Mar 20, 09:34
- And I agree with the poll and chose the West Village apt, heh. efffin hippies -- nm - CQ Mar 20, 09:33
- (I sorta love that first place) -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 09:31 1
  - heh, I was thinking that too -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:32
In the Annapolis! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 20, 09:28
did we do this yet? Weekend Plans please.... -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 09:27 28
- tumbling dice, rolling Stones trib band at Dawson's, ledZeppmen at stonegate next door, our blue collar nightclub dist. -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 20, 13:24
- I think I'll go see The Voices. Got a tumble dryer I need to sell. -- nm - LMS Mar 20, 10:06
- Work. We have a "first date" with another couple. Barely know them but we made dinner plans. No idea what to expect. -- nm - pmb Mar 20, 09:49
- Games and Vegas tonight. Drive back Sat. Watch games. Run Sun morning. Apt warming / pool party Sun -- nm - JD Mar 20, 09:48
- Building a snowman apparently. -- nm - Jovian Mar 20, 09:44
- Tonight: hoops and a movie, tomorrow: soccer, Villa, Lazy 5 Ranch, Sunday: Finch and mommy go special underwear shopping(no more diaper, only one left - CQ Mar 20, 09:39
- SIL B'day lunch at Tchochkey's... I mean Shakey's. Back To The Future screening for Arclight Staff Picks -- nm - con_carne Mar 20, 09:32
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  - did we cover this? why the Tokyo/Switzerland combo? - Andie Mar 20, 09:37 6
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      - just when the dollar is almighty powerful again -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 20, 13:26
      - oh it's THAT one. Awesome. -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 09:46
    - Why *not*? -- nm - ty97 Mar 20, 09:39
    - Yakuza payoff....swiss bank accounts..... -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 20, 09:37 1
      - he's learning from the best...or worst...in how to do this -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 20, 13:28
- Insurgent! -- nm - budice Mar 20, 09:30 1
  - That mural you were talking about at Arclight is for Insurgent now. Looks pretty cool -- nm - con_carne Mar 20, 09:33
- chilling. watch some Justified tonight, GOT tomorrow night. Maybe some cleaning -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:29 2
  - no shoveling? I hear Snova Scotia is getting a bunch more. -- nm - zork Mar 20, 09:47
  - the target here is starting to look like the piranha video but I may stop in to see what is still available -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:30
- (have i mentioned how tired i am of Dave's family yet?) Relatives (one from DC, one from Seattle) are staying with us till Mnday. - Andie Mar 20, 09:29 6
  - In-Laws are the greatest. heh. -- nm - budice Mar 20, 09:30 5
    - i think it's really hard for me because my family is (a) super teeny, and (b) super low maintenance. Having relations around, constantly, is not my - Andie Mar 20, 09:32 4
      - nope. same for me. My family might visit once in a blue moon but the wife's are either here or we are there all the GD time. - Beaker Mar 20, 09:33 3
        
        We went from where my family lives to where her family lives. I love having people around all the time so it's cool. -- nm - CQ Mar 20, 09:41
        
        *high fives* -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 09:34 1
        
        *motions for a high five too* Same situation for me, although her family is small, the MIL and BIL are very intrusive. -- nm - zork Mar 20, 09:45
- NO MEETING!!! -- nm - Ultron Mar 20, 09:28
I'm trying to convince my Montreal best bud to ask Smart Girl out. - Mop Mar 20, 09:19 4
- good luck with the PS ! -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:19 3
  - Where I'm going, I don't need luck. - Mop Mar 20, 09:27 2
    - Just remember, our worst regrets tend to be from what we did *not* do. -- nm - Ultron Mar 20, 09:28 1
      - that's how people end up in dignan's basement -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:36
New York Mets right-hander Zack Wheeler will undergo Tommy John surgery next week and expects to be out of major league games next 14 months -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:14
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- Dano just messed his pants and does not know why. -- nm - Ultron Mar 20, 09:25
- That's perhaps the most terrifying thing I've ever seen. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 09:20
- It looks like a the raptor attack in JP on the goat. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 20, 09:17 3
  - (cow. The T-Rex ate the goat...just rewatched with the kids :) ) -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:18
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    - You and Beaker can kiss my shiny metal ass. - Will Hunting Mar 20, 09:36
- *offers you a dollar to jump in next* -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:15
Has ST seen the Fresh Prince caller to C-SPAN? -- (link) - Beaker Mar 20, 09:10
Red Robin has Paul Blart branded gift cards, and if you buy one, you get a free ticket to the sequel. Fair warning. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 09:08
No, California will not run out of water in a year -- (link) - con_carne Mar 20, 09:03 6
- all that melting ice in the Arctic has to go somewhere -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:08 1
  - We're intentionally melting the Antarctic ice shelves so we can pump that water into our dwindling aquifers. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 09:10
- *sigh* So much for my planned price gouging import business - ty97 Mar 20, 09:07 1
  - No worries, they can still use the ice. - Ultron Mar 20, 09:08
- Because: ocean. -- nm - Ultron Mar 20, 09:03 1
  - Seriously. I know desalinization is costly. But when there's no water, people will pay for desalinization. - Mop Mar 20, 09:09
is it just me or did The Gumman totally change their ad campaign in the last few days? Now made to look very Taken-ish -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 09:01 1
- As I have seen a total of zero ads for it, I would say yes. -- nm - Ultron Mar 20, 09:03
Your Laboratory Glassware Quiz of the day! -- (link) - prayformojo Mar 20, 09:00 2
- "Volumetric flask is for general mixing and titration. You wouldn't apply heat to a volumetric flask. That's what a boiling flask is for. - Baron Go Bragh Mar 20, 09:15
- 11 right! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 20, 09:04
Now I am glad I didn't finish out my bracket. 9/16 and on the wrong side of all the 1-point wins. -- nm - GregW Mar 20, 09:00
Nate Irving is now a Colt -- nm - Remlik Mar 20, 08:59
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I have a very important announcement. - Ultron Mar 20, 08:53 3
- I'm so looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow. its been a very tiring week -- nm - Epiphany Mar 20, 09:04 2
  - No kidding. Worked until 1:00 am on Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday night my dog woke us up multiple times throwing up. I'm spent. -- nm - pmb Mar 20, 09:46
  - It really has. -- nm - Ultron Mar 20, 09:05
I think, with rare exceptions now, small conference teams don't have that fear of the high seeds. - Will Hunting Mar 20, 08:51 1
- I think that they're a team for years is the biggest reason they do so much better. - Krusty Mar 20, 09:02
This is pretty great: How the Avengers might have looked in 1985 -- (link) - Max Mar 20, 08:50 6
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  - Looks like Swayze a bit? -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 20, 08:52 3
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      - They would just call him "Captain". -- nm - Ultron Mar 20, 09:23
    - that is him -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 08:53
  - Ronald Reagan. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 20, 08:51
Monica Lewinsky gave a TED talk about bullying and online harrassment that brought the house down apparently... -- (link) - Remlik Mar 20, 08:47 1
- so what is it, a How-To? -- nm - decline Mar 20, 08:51
Turns out the "Best news ever" was posted from a fake Instagram account. I'm a sad panda. -- (link) - Mop Mar 20, 08:44 4
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  - Between this and the snow... - Ultron Mar 20, 08:47
- Remlik was right. -- nm - Ultron Mar 20, 08:45 1
  - Careful. You don't want it to get to his head. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 08:48
David Fincher's entire career is an attempt at redemption for Alien3. After Neill Blomkamp's sequel... - Mop Mar 20, 08:43 2
- yeah, how could the director of Chappie and Elysium possibly screw this up -- nm - professor smartbrain Mar 20, 08:51 1
  - I will grant you that Blomkamp is no messiah. But even a crappy movie that ends with Hicks and Newt alive would be redemption enough. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 09:11
Mexican farmworkers strike over low wages, first strike of its kind in decades -- (link) - con_carne Mar 20, 08:43
My Meetup group played beach volleyball yesterday. There were over 20 of us. March 19. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 08:41
dear spawn, xur is selling hard light, not gjallarhorn - Truman Mar 20, 08:41 1
- Yeah, saw that. -- nm - Ultron Mar 20, 08:42
"James" is now a girl's name. Another one bites the dust. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 08:30 5
- Just remembered the name. Was out a couple days ago and heard a a couple speaking to their daughter. Carter. -- nm - Ultron Mar 20, 08:55
- no it isn't. -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 08:39 3
  - Ryan Reynolds says so. -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 08:42 2
    - he also chose to do the Green Lantern movie, so I wouldn't pay attention to him -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 08:47
    - Well, since he is a genius... -- nm - Ultron Mar 20, 08:43
Foxcatcher is a pretty damn good movie. Great acting. Carell was outstanding. Miller's direction was solid. He made great use of - prayformojo Mar 20, 08:28
Has anyone done one of the Mythbusters live shows? Is it fun? Do you have to be a huge fan of the show to *get* it? - spamlet Mar 20, 08:27 2
- do, totally spaced on the kc tour date. - Truman Mar 20, 08:44
- I went with my parents last year. It was fun. I wouldn't say a deep knowledge of the show is necessary. - Ender (1 Day till Puerto Rico) Mar 20, 08:30
Here's the trailer for our Simon Pegg/Lake Bell romcom Man Up -- (link) - LMS Mar 20, 08:27 13
- Lake Bell as the frumpy introvert and Simon Pegg as the handsome catch? So, sci-fi? -- nm - Mop Mar 20, 09:13
- looks fun. man she's getting all the accents down quite well -- nm - Remlik Mar 20, 08:39 1
  - did you ever see "In A World..." ? she did all kinds of accents - she's great at it. -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 08:45
- I don't think I know her from anything else but I'd like to. - Krusty Mar 20, 08:33 8
  - Her and Amanda Peet need to play sisters. -- nm - Ender (1 Day till Puerto Rico) Mar 20, 09:01 1
    - Or lovers. -- nm - Ultron Mar 20, 09:02
  - I think Boston Legal is where I know her from -- nm - con_carne Mar 20, 08:48
  - watch... "In A World" -- (link) - Remlik Mar 20, 08:43 [youtube] 2
    - That looks pretty good, I'll definitely check it out. Great cast. -- nm - Krusty Mar 20, 08:54
    - heh - ignore my comment above! -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 08:46
  - She pretty much nailed it, the cast/crew would correct the odd word if necessary. -- nm - LMS Mar 20, 08:42 1
    - I thought she was English until I read her bio. :-) - Krusty Mar 20, 08:51
- the premise seems interesting -- nm - Epiphany Mar 20, 08:29
So 14/3 is the new 12/5. -- nm - Tim Mar 20, 08:15 14
- I just hope the early games don't go the same way as yesterday. The evening games can go nuts for all I care. -- nm - Krusty Mar 20, 08:22 13
  - There will be mainly chalk today. -- nm - Ultron Mar 20, 08:23 12
    - As long as KU is one of the chalk teams moving on I'll be very happy. - Krusty Mar 20, 08:27 11
      - KU will make it to Sunday. -- nm - Ultron Mar 20, 08:28 4
        
        Wichita St. will be a fun game. Those guys want to beat KU so badly. - Krusty Mar 20, 08:35 3
        
        You so funny. - Ultron Mar 20, 08:39 2
        
        IU has not looked good for the last month. Going to be a big battle with Wichita St. today. -- nm - Krusty Mar 20, 08:45 1
        
        You are in the Indiana part of the bracket. You should be happy that they messed up and put NMSU there instead of Valpo. -- nm - Ultron Mar 20, 09:10
      - My brackets are meaningless at this point and it's all about the upsets now. - Krusty Mar 20, 08:27 5
        
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        They made it a game but... Iowa f'ing St. I took a chance on them going deep and they failed me. - Krusty Mar 20, 08:42 3
        
        Yeah, I had them in the Sweet 16. - Ultron Mar 20, 09:13
        
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        I don't know if it's the cause but the conference was rough and the tournament was as well. I wonder if they just don't have much left in their tanks - Krusty Mar 20, 08:48
Multiple suicide attacks on Yemen Mosques kill at least 137, 345+ injured -- (link) - Beaker Mar 20, 08:12 3
- damn it -- nm - Ultron Mar 20, 08:22
- we should all thank the stars every day we live where we do. -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 08:19 1
  - yup. -- nm - Beaker Mar 20, 08:26
Texas likely to end High School steroid tests -- (link) - Beaker Mar 20, 08:12 2
- "It's just easier to assume they're all using." -- nm - Reagen Mar 20, 08:13 1
  - let's face it you stuck any more needles in those kids their veins could collapse like a 30 year old time square crack whore -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 20, 13:33
I wish. -- nm - Ultron Mar 20, 08:11 1
- You will never be a baller, son. Keep dreaming. -- nm - Shaun Mar 20, 08:11

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