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RIP Roscoe P Coltrane. :-( -- nm - TWuG Apr 7, 06:47 3
- Aw damn. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 7, 06:51 2
  - In heaven, he'll finally catch them ol' Duke boys. -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Apr 7, 06:56 1
    - Then he'll get his 50% of 50%. -- nm - Shaun Apr 7, 07:08
From WaPo: Pretty interesting..."Baseball is struggling to hook kids — and risks losing fans to other sports" -- (link) - MDH Apr 7, 06:46 2
- Is baseball really still America's pastime? Seems that time passed long ago. -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 06:48 1
  - It should try being less boring. -- nm - TWuG Apr 7, 06:49
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Zach Braff and Donald Faison have an offer for Gays wanting to get married in Indiana -- (link) - amoxy Apr 7, 06:34 1
- dammit, i would totally get gay married in Indiana for that. Amy, what are you doing next weekend? -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 06:41
If you want to know who's been spotted at our offices, there's now a handy website. -- (link) - LMS Apr 7, 06:32
~I'll cry me a river that leads to your ocean, You never see me fall apart - in the words of a broken heart~ - Epiphany Apr 7, 06:26
Weekend viewing: GOT s4 epis 9 &10: A+ ; Amazing Spiderman: B ; Harry Potter 7: B/B- -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 06:16 2
- I'll Follow you Down - C+ Haley Joel Osmet just can't act as an adult -- nm - amoxy Apr 7, 06:35
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Quebec man arrested after chainsaw used to threaten family (the moral: don't follow someone who is driving crazy in their car) -- (link) - Beaker Apr 7, 06:15
Avengers: AoU pinball coming to PS on April 21st. -- (link) - Shaun Apr 7, 06:14
I have to laugh at the NY Times thinking the DeBlasios are going have a tough time paying for college. - Krusty Apr 7, 06:13 1
- and considering half the city hates DeBlasio, I don't see them garnering *any* sympathy at all. -- nm - Jovian Apr 7, 06:18
Destiny: Nightfall is Valus with no burn, Angry, Lightswitch, and Juggler. Weekly has Lightswitch. -- nm - Shaun Apr 7, 06:03
The brontosaurus might be back! -- (link) - Krusty Apr 7, 05:59 3
- Don't call it. Comeback! -- nm - David Apr 7, 06:19 1
  - Bad iPad. -- nm - David Apr 7, 06:19
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Just finished The Forever War...liked Old Man's War much more - Beaker Apr 7, 05:46 4
- ahh, it was TWuG. -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 06:07
- I loved Forever War. But I agree Old Man's War was better. (funner) - Jovian Apr 7, 06:07 2
  - Read Red Rising and Golden Son. Fantastic books. - TWuG Apr 7, 06:24
  - I'll add it to my list. Want to knock off Human Brigade first and a OMW short story I found online. Then do End of all Things when it comes out -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 06:08
I'm thinking about starting on Twitter. You all know me pretty well, so what or who should I start following? tia -- nm - CQ Apr 7, 05:38 7
- @BlueGhostSkater -- nm - Qale Apr 7, 12:27
- @jbreen and @arsenal -- nm - J Apr 7, 06:51
- And there's a list of STer Twitter accounts somplace -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 06:49
- Pontifex. -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Apr 7, 06:47
- Dolphins -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 06:17
- BleacherReport: 10 Best Twitter Accounts in World Football -- (link) - ty97 Apr 7, 06:15
- Coors Light, naturally. - spamlet Apr 7, 05:55
"........he was probably, like, eight, right? So the monkey crashes the car....." -- nm - prayformojo Apr 7, 04:48
Wake up! - prayformojo Apr 7, 04:45
Former Bucs K Lawrence Tynes sues team over MRSA infection -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 7, 04:25 2
- glad he is suing, but doubt he will get the $20M -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 04:56 1
  - I wonder if the 20mil includes the damages. - Will Hunting Apr 7, 05:36
KITTY KAT NOTEBOOKS FOR EVERYONE! -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 7, 00:34
Ted Cruz’s constant references to Jesus Christ in his speeches and campaign ads are sparking a strong interest in atheism among millions of Americans, -- nm - Borowitz Apr 6, 23:36
It's okay JBL, you can call him Adrian Neville. Just ignore the screaming lunatic in your ear. -- nm - Qale Apr 6, 23:28 4
- More RAW spoilers - Qale Apr 6, 23:49 3
  - And I conceed to David. - Qale Apr 7, 00:00 2
    - NEW... day sucks. NEW... day sucks. Lu-Cha Lu-Cha Lu-Cha -- nm - Qale Apr 7, 00:20 1
      - Kane haets Divas -- nm - Qale Apr 7, 00:37
i love veal -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 6, 22:50 10
- You should be able to pick out your veal at restaurants like with live lobster tanks. -- nm - Max Apr 7, 06:54
- Spoilers - amoxy Apr 7, 06:30
- I've refused to eat it since I was a teenager. I loved it soooo much. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 05:44
- I have a feeling he's just quoting Mad Men. -- nm - jnine Apr 7, 00:25
- agreed -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 6, 22:54 5
  - I've never had it - con_carne Apr 6, 22:57 4
    - any good italian, hungarian or german restaurant will have it - Peglegpete Apr 6, 23:17 3
      - Do not even equate those things. -- nm - con_carne Apr 6, 23:29 2
        
        SFEK - con_carne Apr 6, 23:33 1
        
        most of the time you can order the pork version because most of the time that's what your getting anyway - zeitgeist Apr 6, 23:56
Second dose time. Just as awful as the first! -- nm - Qale Apr 6, 22:13
I'm confused about The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby. Are there 3 totally different movies, or does Him + Her = Them? -- nm - kelly Apr 6, 22:06 2
- Three different movies. As I understand it, Him and Her was the director's original vision. Them is so it could be released as one movie. -- nm - Dano Apr 6, 22:11 1
  - So the other 2 movies weren't just cut together to make the third movie? (did you see any of them?) -- nm - kelly Apr 7, 05:42
Yeah, I liked Last Stand. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 6, 21:49 1
- So, lots of smarmy guys telling puns then -- nm - con_carne Apr 6, 22:46
Forget pizza delivery - now you can have your wedding at Denny's in Vegas! -- (link) - Meg Apr 6, 21:48 2
- like someone on Tumblr said - You don't " go" to Denny's - you " end up" there at 3 am -- nm - Epiphany Apr 7, 06:13
- So sad. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 05:55
Costco takes first steps into wholesale marijuana sales -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 6, 21:29 4
- You're about a week late for this one, don't you think? -- nm - Qale Apr 6, 21:56 2
  - My Costco just opened their spring gardening section, there's all kinds of plants there. - Beryllium Apr 6, 22:05 1
    - someone has to crossbreed pot with those hanging tomato or berry plants they sell on tv that grow huge amounts really fast -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 6, 22:12
- Willy Nelson's pot stores have better weed :)) -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 6, 21:39
The nice thing about Kentucky loosing is that we won't have Wilmer getting birded on Nightly -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 6, 21:22
worlds oldest person dies :( -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 6, 21:08 10
- I'm not sure which is a weirder thought, that there are still people alive born before 1900, or that there soon won't be any. -- nm - jaxSean Apr 6, 21:34 8
  - People born in 2000 are in high school. -- nm - Dano Apr 6, 22:03 2
    - And people born in 1970 have kids in college...seems like only yesterday :/ -- nm - Meg Apr 6, 22:13 1
      - Some of us born that year have kids that have not started Kindergarten :P -- nm - Walt_Disney Apr 7, 04:03
  - the last WW I veteran died 4 years ago -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 6, 21:41 4
    - my favourite one of these: the last veteran of the Crimean War died in 2004 -- (link) - mafic Apr 6, 21:51 2
      - at least he wasn't a veteran of the psychic wars . . . - call me Ishmael Apr 6, 22:07
      - 3 days ago was the anniversary :( -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 6, 21:55
    - 3 -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 6, 21:41
- being the world's oldest person is as dangerous as being AlQada's #2 -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 6, 21:14
I've been a pretty disciplined investor so far, but I want to take a flyer on something. I assume biotech is a good place to look. -- nm - Dano Apr 6, 21:07 4
- There are a lot of talking heads that say Biopharma is in a big bubble right now. -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 21:52 1
  - it's all a big bubble -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 6, 22:42
- yeah, biotech or pharma, but I don't know anything about companies outside Australia, really. too tax complicated for me. - mafic Apr 6, 21:44
- if the company that cured Cancer on 60 minutes is a public company..consider them -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 6, 21:10
The ball is tipped and there you are. You're running for your life. - David Apr 6, 20:50
Since he partially brought this on, we can console ourselves with the fact that ML will spend the rest of the sports calendar in abject misery -- nm - prayformojo Apr 6, 20:36 3
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- Partially? -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 6, 21:13 1
  - The rest is Max's fault. -- nm - Dano Apr 6, 22:01
Nina Dobrev is leaving Vampire Diaries (this show has been on 6 seasons!?) -- nm - MDH Apr 6, 20:35 2
- Ummm.... -- nm - JD Apr 6, 22:13 1
  - like what else is she going to do?? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 7, 06:26
my dad and I caught Trading Places on yesterday so I guess this quote is appropraite. - Tim Apr 6, 20:33
I wasn't crazy about the Better Call Saul finale. - David Apr 6, 20:30 4
- Thoughts - Name Withheld By Request Apr 6, 21:51
- I just finished watching. *spoiler* - Krusty Apr 6, 20:37 2
  - I was too, but The AV Club made a good point. - nubby Apr 6, 20:41 1
    - Very interesting. Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Apr 6, 20:57
How can the television announcers find an angle of a ball clearly touched by the Duke player (finger bends backwards) but the refs can't? -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 20:29
if Coach K had never left, Army wouldn't be one of the Futile Five. -- nm - Tim Apr 6, 20:27
434,380 - 96.2%, down from 25,485 - 99.8% before the game. So - Ultron Apr 6, 20:26
So, the best freshman wins the title. - David Apr 6, 20:26 3
- with a big assist from a kid with maybe the Duke-est name possible -- nm - prayformojo Apr 6, 20:28 2
  - Duje Dukan plays for Wisconsin! -- nm - David Apr 6, 20:32
  - Benedict Cumberbatch? -- nm - Tim Apr 6, 20:29
Evil triumphs.... -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 20:24
There it was, destiny already written... -- (link) - budice Apr 6, 20:24 [Backboard] 1
- Yeah, I saw that and tried to ignore it. - Ultron Apr 6, 20:27
Well that sucked -- nm - prayformojo Apr 6, 20:24
I hope the Wisconsin players get to console themselves with the stenographer one last time. -- nm - Tim Apr 6, 20:23
BURN IT ALL DOWN -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 20:23
Well, Coach K is the greatest college basketball coach of all time. - Ultron Apr 6, 20:23 2
- John Wooden? -- nm - MDH Apr 6, 20:24 1
  - I subscribe to the argument that the modern era is way more difficult to navigate consistent success. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 6, 23:19
Duke does not, in fact, suck. -- nm - nubby Apr 6, 20:22
when they called it Furious 7, they weren't kidding. -- (link) - Tim Apr 6, 20:22 2
- So I'm not crazy. I did prefer it when the series was more fast than furious. -- nm - Qale Apr 6, 20:30
- is there a comparison of car budgets of all the films? -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 6, 20:23
Duke wins -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 20:16
Glad they use replay. Dumbasses -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 20:15
BB King has been hospitalized -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 6, 20:12
Kaminsky is dog tired -- nm - prayformojo Apr 6, 20:12
I shot the sheriff -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 6, 20:10 [youtube]
That was a lot of steps 12 14? -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 19:54
Each player on the winning team tonight should receive a flamethrower guitar -- nm - prayformojo Apr 6, 19:48
THERE ARE NO CORNERS! -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 19:47
Saul spoilers - JenBro Apr 6, 19:45 2
- You are not Kevin Costner! -- nm - amoxy Apr 6, 19:46 1
  - So good right? -- nm - JenBro Apr 6, 20:11
PUKE SUCKS -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 19:41
Shoot the ball -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 19:32 4
- shoot the hostage!! -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 6, 19:34 3
  - shoot the cheerleader -- nm - JenBro Apr 6, 19:38 2
    - in the face -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 19:39 1
      - save the cheerleader..save the world. -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 6, 20:28
Okay, is the digital HD Star Wars, Empire, Jedi not the special editions is what I want to know. -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 19:28 7
- I don't think Lucas will ever release the originals again. He seems to think the Special Editions are what he intended. -- nm - spamlet Apr 6, 19:34 6
  - Supposedly Disney's going to release the originals on BD. -- nm - Reagen Apr 6, 19:42 2
    - I'll believe it when I see it. - iSpam Apr 6, 20:27
    - I will buy them. Who shot first? It's been so long I forgot -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 20:05
  - I did know that. But the fucker lost all control when he sold his company to Disney. Fuck George Lucas now. - Bacon Apr 6, 19:37 2
    - Fox still own the original trilogies until 2020 apparently -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 6, 21:00
    - They didn't use any of his input for the new movies either. Disney rocks!! -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 19:38
Nice flop -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 19:26
Bery its Arnie as a former LA super cop who got old is a sheriff now in a podunk town..can he perform at the level he once did to stop a bad guy. -- nm - Remlik Apr 6, 19:26
But how are you supposed to pronounce it? "Mizz-er-ee?" -- nm - ReluctantCynic Apr 6, 19:24
Valar Morghulis -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 6, 19:21
If Duke wins the Earth will explode killing everyone -- nm - Bacon Apr 6, 19:21

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