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Twitter doesn't like Leto's joker. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 25, 10:51 7
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- A great story could save what looks to be ridiculous character design. But I won't hold my breath. - TWuG Apr 25, 11:03 1
  - I'm not interested in the movie. Haven't even seen Man of Steel, and it was filmed near here. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 11:05
- Everybody hated the pictures of Ledger's Joker so let's just wait and see, okay? -- nm - Tim Apr 25, 10:54 3
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  - I didn't say *i* hated it. I'm just amused at the reactions. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 10:57 1
    - I've seen some funny photoshops. Snark moves way too fast nowadays. -- nm - Tim Apr 25, 10:59
So sleepy -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 10:46 3
- That's what you get for binging on GG all night. -- nm - tobor.2 Apr 25, 10:51 2
  - Worth. It. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 10:52 1
    - Hmm..maybe this should be my next rewatch. Along with the Man from UNCLE. -- nm - tobor.2 Apr 25, 10:54
SITWAP: Woman misdiagnosed with cerebral palsy gets a cure after 33 years. -- (link) - Krusty Apr 25, 10:31
guys, I love shark tank so much. thanks for making me watch (dano and pfm, I look at you especially.) -- nm - all the boys love OBBR Apr 25, 09:36 2
- i ordered them a bunch of those weird power line connector doohickeys. thanks, shark tank! -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 25, 10:59
- Home of the Scrub Daddy -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 10:31
Been dying for the weekend? At Arbys it's always the weekend because time is a meaningless abstraction even as death creeps closer every day -- (link) - Beaker Apr 25, 09:31 4
- John Stewarts last days at The Daily Show are turning very dark very quickly -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 10:38
- "Monday is the shittiest day so go to Arbys. no one is here. drink scotch out of a soda cup and ponder ending it all. no one will see you die" -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 25, 10:28 1
  - "Feeling blue? Cheer up! You'll be dead soon enough, in an unfeeling blackness. Meanwhile, there's Arbys. Please eat at Arbys." -- nm - Tim Apr 25, 10:30
- Nihilist Arby's twitter feed is great -- nm - Beaker Apr 25, 09:32
read this in a comments section regarding SHIELD and thought it would be awesome - spoils - Beaker Apr 25, 09:21
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- But the suspensions are out! - spamlet Apr 25, 09:36 5
  - i.e. - let's eff with Mel's FBB team. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 25, 09:42 4
    - The pitchers will only miss one start each. And maybe not even that if they drop their appeal the day after a start. -- nm - spamlet Apr 25, 09:45 3
      - Short term pitcher suspensions always amuse me. -- nm - Tim Apr 25, 09:55 2
        
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        Should be starts not days. -- nm - tobor.2 Apr 25, 11:25
- Still four ejections. -- nm - Tim Apr 25, 09:12 2
  - They almost played a full game last night and no one got ejected! -- nm - spamlet Apr 25, 09:38
  - Ha! -- nm - David Apr 25, 09:15
this video is *funny.* I almost laughed twice. -- (link) - all the boys love OBBR Apr 25, 09:10 [youtube] 1
- "the DaVinci Code of your gluten-free demands" -- nm - Reagen Apr 25, 09:23
it's the last week in April and we are *shivering* -- nm - prayformojo Apr 25, 09:10
Good news: my work computer, which has a bad hard drive and barely works, started working again (this always temporary but still yay, it's working!) - ty97 Apr 25, 09:07 1
- If only you worked for a company that knew something about computer equipment. -- nm - iSpam Apr 25, 09:17
the best thing about John Carter is that both Marc Antony and Caesar are in it from Rome -- nm - Beaker Apr 25, 09:04 1
- with almost the exact same personalities -- nm - Beaker Apr 25, 09:04
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ok, i have to share this fairy-tale inspired joke w/ everyone that I just read in an article (may not be SFW . . .) - call me Ishmael Apr 25, 08:57
Can anyone explain to me the Wild-Blues series? Only one team seems to show up each night and they are alternating which one. -- nm - iSpam Apr 25, 08:36 2
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- Momentum is part of it, affects game flow. Getting the first goal in a game, or a two-goal lead, is huge. -- nm - budice Apr 25, 08:50
AP: "Leonard leads Spurs to 100-73 win over Spurs and 2-1 lead" -- (link) - budice Apr 25, 08:26 1
- Wha? -- nm - amoxy Apr 25, 08:29
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- thanks for posting these -- nm - Beaker Apr 25, 07:26 1
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is ST acting up for anyone else? i'm having troubles loading the current page . . . - call me Ishmael Apr 25, 07:00 1
- (okay, nevermind . . . maybe it worked itself out . . . crisis over) -- nm - call me Ishmael Apr 25, 07:00
I'm days behind from when it should have aired but what's up with this crappy schedule for Person of Interest? Multiple times it's skipped weeks. - Krusty Apr 25, 06:25 2
- They aired a TV movie of the week instead of PoI?!? I just don't understand what they're doing at CBS. -- nm - Krusty Apr 25, 06:33
- agreed -- nm - Beaker Apr 25, 06:31
Tonight on SyFy: Lake Placid vs. Anaconda -- nm - Dano Apr 25, 06:01 1
- and next week in the second of the first round eliminations, in a return match, megashark vs. shartopus . . . - call me Ishmael Apr 25, 08:12
Thanks all for helping with Relay again! - jaxSean Apr 25, 05:40 1
- have fun storming the castle! -- nm - Beaker Apr 25, 06:00
Frank Miller working on 8 issue sequel to Dark Knight Returns (another one) -- (link) - Beaker Apr 25, 04:00
Happy Birthday to Andie! -- nm - CQ Apr 25, 03:40 27
- happy birthday, Andie!! :) - -- nm - b! Apr 25, 10:55
- Happy Birthday Andie!!!!! -- nm - tobor.2 Apr 25, 10:47
- HBD -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 10:40
- don't leave your phone at home this time, lady -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 25, 10:32
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- Cheers! -- nm - mud Apr 25, 09:49
- Happy birthday Andie! -- nm - Tim Apr 25, 09:12
- Happy birthday! You're awesome *and* you don't look a day over 25. -- nm - David Apr 25, 08:36
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - pmb Apr 25, 08:20
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Max Apr 25, 08:10
- Have a great birthday ! -- nm - iSpam Apr 25, 07:46
- Have a fantastic day Andie! -- nm - amoxy Apr 25, 07:21
- Happy Birthday!~! -- nm - Jovian Apr 25, 07:10
- happy birf-day ! -- nm - call me Ishmael Apr 25, 07:01
- Thanks Everyone! Have Saturday to you all too! -- nm - Andie Apr 25, 06:48
- *covertly slithers in on my finger and toe tips...* -- nm - Nekkid Crazy Birthday Mel Apr 25, 06:28
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 25, 06:15
- Happy birthday! -- nm - Roger More Apr 25, 06:08
- Happy birthday! -- nm - kelly Apr 25, 06:04
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - Dano Apr 25, 06:01
- Happy Birthday! -- nm - ty97 Apr 25, 05:59
- Happy happy! -- nm - Diva Apr 25, 05:56
- Totally agree with the IM. Hope you have a great birthday, Andie! -- nm - prayformojo Apr 25, 05:27
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- Happy birthday, Andie! Woo hoo!!! -- nm - Krusty Apr 25, 05:01
- Happy Bday! :) -- nm - budice Apr 25, 03:53
- Don Homer! -- nm - Beaker Apr 25, 03:51
Ex Machina is worth a watch for those interested...B+ -- nm - budice Apr 25, 03:36 1
- yes, and if anyone says Alicia Vikander "needs a sammich" I will nuke this place. -- nm - mud Apr 25, 09:48
The first marijuana bust in San Fran according to the chron archives -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 25, 01:22 1
- and the most famous SF pot bust -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 25, 01:32
M7.5 earthquake in Nepal. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 23:32 26
- Early news here spoke of at least two camps being swept away :( -- nm - Meg Apr 25, 07:21
- Bob Seger Katmandu, with stunning film of Katmandu sights -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 25, 00:44 [youtube]
- From what I just heard on CNN, it sounds like this building completely collapsed ... -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 25, 00:42 [Image] 12
  - ... and it caused avalanches on mt everest -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 00:44 11
    - yikes. it's the middle of summit season now i think -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 25, 00:49 10
      - Might be a few weeks early (may I think is prime) but it ain't good. -- nm - David si Apr 25, 06:04 1
        
        Well said, Not Quite Me! -- nm - David Apr 25, 08:37
      - The sherpas are still suffering the catastrophic avalanche a couple years ago that killed a dozen -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 01:08 3
        
        there's a tweet photo showing a huge snow cloud from an avalanche and worries about mssing climbers -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 01:34 2
        
        famous Dharahara tower totally collapsed with hundreds feared dead, probably tourists climbing up for the views -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 25, 01:35 1
        
        before/after photo (scroll down to 1:50) 50 feared trapped in rubble -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 25, 01:54
      - Sounds like it (my only frame of reference for that is that Hillary did it on May 29th) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 00:53 3
        
        man, she can do everything -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 25, 00:55 2
        
        as if, all she did was shoot selfies as I carried her up -- nm - Himalayan Sherpa Apr 25, 01:56
        
        I know, right? The election should be a cakewalk. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 00:56
- USGS just upgraded it to 7.9 -- nm - Beryllium Apr 25, 00:10 1
  - Lest anyone think this is a small difference, remember that the Richter scale is logarithmic. That is 2.5 times more powerful. -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Apr 25, 07:09
- Some damage -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 25, 00:00 1
  - and a description of the damage -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 25, 00:02
- Aftershocks of 5.5 and 6.5 so far -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 23:59
- "Mercalli Intensity of IX" ... second time this week I've heard of that scale, hadn't heard of it before. I guess it's like the Shindo scale. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 23:37 3
  - it's an intensity scale. Richter is total energy released. there can actually be some pretty big discrepancy between them. the Japan and Christchurch - mafic Apr 24, 23:50 1
    - Yeah, the Shindo scale measures local shaking, so it varies by distance but captures an accurate picture of damage -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 23:59
  - Oof. Yes, and no. It's the second-highest rating - violent shaking, heavy damage. -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 24, 23:38
- Looks like lots of damage :( -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 24, 23:35
- Bacon called it :) -- (link) - Beryllium Apr 24, 23:33 [Backboard]
7 facts about Good Will Hunting you may not know -- (link) - professor smartbrain Apr 24, 22:53 1
- I would have loved to have heard a conversation between... - Mel Profit Apr 25, 06:53
Hmmmmmmm ... I could make ST's bug tracker publicly accessible ... -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 22:35 5
- anything to avoid watching GG with her? :) -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 24, 22:45 4
  - whilst. whilst watching. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 22:47 3
    - as long as you are multi-tasking, don't forget to change the x-mas lights :)) -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 24, 22:49 2
      - oh, good idea -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 22:50 1
        
        Nice -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 24, 23:07
hah, Sen. Thad Cochran's staffer arrested for meth possession (which he apparently was intending to distribute in exchange for sexual favors) -- (link) - professor smartbrain Apr 24, 22:20
My wife just started rewatching gilmore girls. - Beryllium Apr 24, 22:08 1
- She'll have to check out the growing collection of GG quizzes at HWDYK! :) -- (link) - kelly Apr 24, 22:19
*whine* Have I mentioned tonight my back hurts and I'm sooo tired - why do I do this?? - Meg Apr 24, 21:57
Discredited/defrocked doc Andrew Wakefield feeds antivax protests in California urges fight against new bills to require vax -- (link) - zeitgeist Apr 24, 21:37 3
- Dear defrocked doc....We've had mandatory vaccinations for kids for decades, still no mandatory ones for adults. - tobor.2 Apr 25, 10:58
- He spoke at a chiropractic school, ha! -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 24, 21:48 1
  - The Rose shared an office with a back cracker that was virulently antivax (see what I did there) most of the posters decorating the walls were antiv -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 24, 22:16
Meg, here is a brilliant new chart for soil identification when on a dig -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 24, 21:12 6
- their big dig this summer is Leiston Abbey July 13-26 -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 24, 21:58 4
  - I may have to reconsider one more trip to England one of these days. I probably wouldn't have any problem with the flight and - Meg Apr 24, 22:14 2
    - check out Norweigan. they have pretty cheap nonstops to Gatwick from LAX, and fly the 787 Dreamliners too - professor smartbrain Apr 24, 22:18 1
      - The trick is finding the best way to avoid any chance of a recurrence of DVT. Don't want. -- nm - Meg Apr 24, 22:25
  - this should have gone under Meg's post -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 24, 21:59
- And they use my sentimental favorites (favourites?) Chocolate Digestives !! -- nm - Meg Apr 24, 21:53
Tim: I think amoxycillin meant it like ...... Sorry, I can't complete that sentence right now. Laughing at autocorrect. - Beryllium Apr 24, 21:05 3
- Exactly what i meant -- nm - amoxy Apr 24, 21:41
- Bery, there are 2 common instances I can think of - Peglegpete Apr 24, 21:34 1
  - Neither of which are something we the public get to observe collectively. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 24, 21:45
discovery of Reindeer antlers in Denmark, may rewrite Viking history -- (link) - Peglegpete Apr 24, 20:37 9
- Had to summer somewhere. -- nm - tobor.2 Apr 24, 21:59
- that reminds me, I meant to ask - does our dane fb, maybe? I noticed he hasn't posted for a long time for him. -- nm - b. Apr 24, 20:43 3
  - He does - but nothing since late February :( -- nm - Meg Apr 24, 20:48 2
    - thanks. hopefully all's well and he'll check in before too long. -- nm - b. Apr 24, 20:53 1
      - maybe it's the handball offseason -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 24, 21:08
- the Rudolph reboot got *dark* -- nm - professor smartbrain Apr 24, 20:43 3
  - I like this bit. -- nm - Amanda Apr 24, 20:52 2
    - me too -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 24, 21:04 1
      - Snyder is shooting it. With Santa's outfit so toned down it doesn't feel like Christmas. -- nm - Ultron Apr 24, 21:24

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