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This 60 Minutes story on Wikipedia is severely lacking in Billy Volek coverage. -- nm - Dano Apr 5, 16:49
Hey ST'ers going to Chicago - a friend suggested staying at the airport Hilton & riding the train down town. - JenBro Apr 5, 16:44 3
- It would not be my recommendation. - ty97 Apr 5, 16:50 2
  - So where do you recommend? -- nm - JenBro Apr 5, 16:56 1
    - Casa del Groin -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 5, 16:57
"Is that a Rorschach teapot?" (I just re-watched the Watchmen last night. heh.) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 5, 16:23 1
- (The quote is what I thought when I saw a certain easter photo on facebook) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 5, 16:27
Awww, Lon Simmons, long time SF Giants announcer passed away -- (link) - amoxy Apr 5, 15:52 1
- Here is his call on Young's run -- (link) - amoxy Apr 5, 15:55 [youtube]
Twin Peaks won't be coming back -- (link) - Covington Apr 5, 15:51 1
- . . . on Showtime. - professor smartbrain Apr 5, 15:53
Since when did everything start closing on Easter? -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 5, 15:40 11
- they are not really closed. it's a giant conspiracy by all of them against you :( -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 5, 16:55
- I had the opposite reaction. I was surprised by some of the things that were open today. -- nm - ty97 Apr 5, 16:51 1
  - Maybe in your godless heathen Gomorrah - professor smartbrain Apr 5, 16:53
- Including Target and Costco - *everyone* was at Walmart :/ -- nm - Meg Apr 5, 16:17 1
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- I blame RFRA -- nm - Dano Apr 5, 16:10 2
  - If we all start taking off holidays for each religion, no one is ever going to work ever again. -- nm - Qale Apr 5, 16:21
  - i just wanted a Christian pizza! -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 5, 16:15
- 1st year I noticed that as well. -- nm - Remlik Apr 5, 15:52
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- I noticed that. Not even Thanksgiving is that sacred. -- nm - budice Apr 5, 15:42
Easter Dinner: Lemon Rosemary Garlic Lamb, Asparagus with Hollandaise, and Buttercream Fingerling Potatoes -- nm - Dano Apr 5, 15:37 2
- Ham, Green Beans, Baked Potato, and Deviled Eggs -- nm - budice Apr 5, 15:38 1
  - Orange & cheese & crackers -- nm - JenBro Apr 5, 16:08
It could be bunnies. -- nm - Spawndroid Apr 5, 15:25
Happy Birthday...*other* professor! -- nm - Max Apr 5, 15:25 6
- Happy B-Day Pixie! -- nm - JenBro Apr 5, 16:08
- Happy birthday, Pixie! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Apr 5, 15:58
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Apr 5, 15:52
- where's my present? -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 5, 15:26 2
  - Lifetime supply of Blue Bell ice cream being delivered soon - Max Apr 5, 15:33 1
    - No regifting -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 5, 15:39
so, when I go to youtube now, i have no sound. but otherwise the computer is fine . . . - call me Ishmael Apr 5, 15:23 1
- YouTube has its own volume control, it sometimes remembers between videos -- nm - Beryllium Apr 5, 15:25
WHAT THE EVERLOVING FUCK. NOT KIMBREL!!! -- nm - nubby Apr 5, 15:17 20
- Prospects? We talkin' prospects? - Krusty Apr 5, 15:59
- I'm standing right here! -- nm - Melvin Upton Jr Apr 5, 15:56 1
  - Farther... farther... farther... farther... farther... farther... farther... farther... farther... farther... farther... farther... there. -- nm - nubby Apr 5, 15:58
- Has someone checked on David? -- nm - iSpam Apr 5, 15:48 5
  - I expect him to be catatonic right now. -- nm - Tim Apr 5, 15:51 4
    - I hadn't been online, so this is the first I'm hearing of it. - David Apr 5, 16:11 3
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        Yes, but talk to an Astros fan right about now. - iSpam Apr 5, 16:38
        
        I suspect that spring training was enlightening. - David Apr 5, 16:38
- That should give Fredi another year. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 5, 15:26
- Who woke up the San Diego Braves? -- nm - budice Apr 5, 15:23
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  - "Everyone knows you need major league talent for a major league team. What this move presupposes is... maybe you don't." -- nm - Reagen Apr 5, 15:38
  - lol -- nm - Tim Apr 5, 15:36 2
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      - I hope the million a year extra is worth it to Markakis. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 5, 16:49
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      - I had no idea he was still around. -- nm - iSpam Apr 5, 16:39 1
        
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Golf: Playoff upcoming for this week's PGA title -- nm - budice Apr 5, 15:02 2
- Spieth, Holmes, Wagner for the title -- nm - budice Apr 5, 15:15
- not if can help it! -- nm - jspieth Apr 5, 15:05
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- this is why we can't have a nice lynching -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 5, 15:13
- hatey boner level: high -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 5, 15:11
Aaron Taylor-Johnson looks more and more ridiculous with every Avengers image I see. - Max Apr 5, 14:57 1
- It's Kick-Ass bro' -- nm - budice Apr 5, 15:03
Any MyVegas tips/tricks? Wow, some of you are already Lv 200+. I'm starting to play again. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 5, 14:32 15
- the games on the mobile app are more fun -- nm - JenBro Apr 5, 16:31 2
  - :( You guys are really trying to drag me into the 21st century. -- nm - Meg Apr 5, 16:38
  - That's it? You're literally the Raymond Babbitt of MyVegas -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 5, 16:34
- don't bother chasing down those quests/postcards, you can only collect 2000 gold a day spinning, spin 1,000 per which translates ... - zeitgeist Apr 5, 14:51 1
  - my SO says it does pay to actually buy a few chips, you get to cash in on more MGM rewards (6 instead of3) and you get a 'host' to help you - zeitgeist Apr 5, 14:53
- Play at least once each day to get the max multiplier on the bonus wheel. Visit your strip often to collect chips and LPs there. - Meg Apr 5, 14:47 6
  - Headed to Vegas next March. My goal is to stay for free. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 5, 15:21 3
    - I go for 2 nights - generally Thursday/Friday - and then use my 3rd reward for dinner or a show. - Meg Apr 5, 15:31 2
      - I'll probably be Wed/Thurs/Fri. Hoping for MGM. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 5, 15:34 1
        
        if you are going with someone and they play, then you can really score, stay several nights, a couple shows and a few meals 2x3 or even 2x6 -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 5, 16:02
  - Oops, make that 500,000 LPs. Enough for 50% off a cruise but I doubt they offer anything I'd like :/ -- nm - Meg Apr 5, 14:51
  - one max is more than enough -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 5, 14:48
- Yeah, I am curious to hear as well. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 5, 14:39
- Watch out when you first load a game, the bet changes without you realizing. I accidently made a 150k spin once. -- nm - Qale Apr 5, 14:38 1
  - I do that now and then, most of the time you get it all back on the next 'bonus' thingy -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 5, 15:08
mis-hitshappen.com. Now there's a marketing department doing its job correctly. -- nm - Reagen Apr 5, 14:18
mmmmm turkey -- nm - Beaker Apr 5, 14:03
For a year I saved up our steak and roast bones into a freezer bag, decided to make a big pot of stock, then decided to make some demi-glace instead - zeitgeist Apr 5, 13:51
Microsoft has an uncanny knack for picking the most annoying fucking songs for their product ads -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 5, 13:44 7
- Tainted Love.... -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 5, 13:54
- And it feels like I'm am just too close to love you. There's nothing I can really say. -- nm - Qale Apr 5, 13:51 3
  - wub wubwub wub wub -- nm - Reagen Apr 5, 14:19
  - I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweetheart. -- nm - Tim Apr 5, 14:10 1
    - Ho. -- nm - David Apr 5, 14:22
- was it a Bon Jovi song? -- nm - Remlik Apr 5, 13:48 1
  - i pray for the release that a hair metal power ballad would bring -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 5, 13:52
dont trad this post -- nm - prayformojo Apr 5, 13:27
"The crucifixtion was only the beginning." - Cuzzin Todd Apr 5, 13:18 2
- "I'll Be Back" -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 5, 13:53
- You just gave me the earworm, "Always look on the bright side of life" - amoxy Apr 5, 13:29
Re-watching "Bo-Jack Horseman" and caught this one that I missed before. - amoxy Apr 5, 13:13
I have finally seen all eight Wes Anderson movies and graded them: - mud Apr 5, 12:54 6
- N/A, B+, A, B-, B, N/A, B+, A -- nm - znufrii Apr 5, 13:53
- Let's see... Bottle Rocket, Rushmore and Darjeeling I knwo I saw but they didn't really leave an impression good or bad so let's call those a C. - Cuzzin Todd Apr 5, 13:22
- My grade for all of them would be INC. - amoxy Apr 5, 13:10 1
  - this -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 5, 13:29
- I'm missing a few, but... - Qale Apr 5, 13:02
- The Royal Tenenbaums is by far my favorite film of his. I could watch it on repeat for days. -- nm - Krusty Apr 5, 12:58
Avery Johnson has verbally agreed to become the head coach at Alabama -- nm - Beaker Apr 5, 12:35 1
- (verbally encompasses both orally and in writing) -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 5, 13:14
If I wanted a meat pie, I'd have a damn meat pie. - Beryllium Apr 5, 12:27
Golf: JB Holmes -9 thru 1st 12 @ Houston Open (NBC) -- nm - budice Apr 5, 12:09
Only two Harry Potters & Avengers opened higher globally than Furious7's $384M. Wow. -- nm - Ultron Apr 5, 12:08 6
- A fool and their money 8 is coming to squeeze more of your foolish money from you -- nm - Bacon Apr 5, 12:13 5
  - I have a strong feeling I'd enjoy Furious 7 a hell of a lot more than I did Harry Potter 7 and 7.5 -- nm - Qale Apr 5, 12:14 4
    - The one before the last was horrible. The last Potter movie was good though -- nm - Bacon Apr 5, 12:25 1
      - More like, "good enough." -- nm - Qale Apr 5, 12:29
    - "Man, the lead pipe feels so much better than the candlestick" -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 5, 12:17 1
      - I'll take Thor's hammer anytime. -- nm - Qale Apr 5, 12:22
TheDress-inspired debate and poll: without looking at the professional specifications, would you say tennis balls are green or yellow? -- nm - Max Apr 5, 12:06 12
- white -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 5, 13:39
- Yellow -- nm - amoxy Apr 5, 13:10
- Yellow. -- nm - Andie Apr 5, 12:55
- Yellowish green. -- nm - jaxSean Apr 5, 12:31
- chartreuse. -- nm - Reagen Apr 5, 12:30
- yellow -- nm - prayformojo Apr 5, 12:28
- Yes. - Beryllium Apr 5, 12:26
- Neon yellow, which often feels like it's tinted green. -- nm - Qale Apr 5, 12:14
- yeller -- nm - budice Apr 5, 12:10
- it's a blend, but more yellow than green -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 5, 12:09
- yellow-green -- nm - Ultron Apr 5, 12:09 1
  - This -- nm - Krusty Apr 5, 12:47
Blue Bell ice cream has another recall. Listeria was found in their Oklahoma City plant. O,P,Q,R,S,T, are the codes on the contaminated - Peglegpete Apr 5, 11:51 6
- I thought they made all of their stuff in Brenham. Didn't know they had a OKC plant. -- nm - ty97 Apr 5, 12:14 4
  - I had been hoping they'd open a plant near enough to us to get us their ice cream but now I can wait. - Krusty Apr 5, 12:28 3
    - I went to college about 45 minutes from their HQ and somehow never took the creamery tour. - ty97 Apr 5, 12:59 2
      - Have you had their ice cream? Is it better than what is sold here? - Krusty Apr 5, 13:35 1
        
        I like all of their varieties. I have had 6 or 7 so far. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 5, 13:40
- *orders another case for Max* -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 5, 12:12
That's for the dough FAST7. Now to ride it the other direction. -- nm - ty97 Apr 5, 11:45 11
- I don't think it's going to do poorly in the legs department. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 5, 12:30 7
  - It's probably a 6-8mil dollar short. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 5, 14:09
  - I'm not sure why you'd think that, given that these are the textbook definition of front-loaded. -- nm - Reagen Apr 5, 12:32 5
    - spring break -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 5, 12:48 1
      - 1) there's no one spring break 2) the audience of this isn't seeing this movie on spring break -- nm - Reagen Apr 5, 13:46
    - I don't disagree that it's frontloaded, but I just mean that the next three weeks have kind of a dearth of blockbusters, so it might win by default -- nm - Beryllium Apr 5, 12:36 2
      - It'll win the box office, but that doesn't mean it will delist above adjust price. -- nm - Roger More Apr 5, 13:23 1
        
        I don't expect it to go above, but I think it might get closer than people expect. I'm short but I might cover before delist. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 5, 14:34
- Ride or die! -- nm - Ultron Apr 5, 11:51 1
  - die! -- nm - PWALK Apr 5, 11:52
- no pun intended! -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 5, 11:46
have you heard the good news? -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 5, 11:41
Where's the roll? -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Apr 5, 11:41 1
- Fuck that nubbah -- nm - Andrew Harrison Apr 5, 11:44

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