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On May 11 we said goodbye to our cat Gossamer. Tomorrow we say goodbye to our beagele Meeka. - TWuG Jun 7, 19:21 8
- :-( So sorry. -- nm - Krusty Jun 7, 19:45
- I'm terribly sorry to hear that. -- nm - David Jun 7, 19:45
- sorry to hear :( -- nm - call me Ishmael Jun 7, 19:40
- Ugh, that's terrible. Sorry. -- nm - Roger More Jun 7, 19:34
- so very sorry. :( - *hugs* -- nm - i.b! Jun 7, 19:33
- sorry to hear. -- nm - Remlik Jun 7, 19:28
- {{{Hugs}}} for all involved. -- nm - Meg Jun 7, 19:27
- So sorry. :( -- nm - JenBro Jun 7, 19:27
Uwe Boll loves crowdfunding -- (link) - tristafé Jun 7, 19:10 [youtube] 3
- He should be, because it takes some sort of mass hysteria to get people to give him their money. -- nm - Max Jun 7, 19:13 2
  - he should just get a sign and stand on the street, Will Make Movie For FOOD -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 19:15
  - apparently he already has enough money to go play golf for the rest of his life - tristafé Jun 7, 19:15
I have a very important question that I need answered. It could change my entire life so think hard before answering. - Mop Jun 7, 19:08 8
- My Vans option. -- (link) - Mop Jun 7, 19:30
- My Keds option. -- (link) - Mop Jun 7, 19:30
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- Are you a 12 year old girl? - iSpam Jun 7, 19:18 2
  - neither -- nm - Karl_S Jun 7, 19:41
  - I saw Tay Tay on the Keds web site. That's a pretty compelling case they're making. -- nm - Mop Jun 7, 19:29
- I say....make it a CHEESEburger -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 19:10
- Vans. - volnelk Jun 7, 19:10
Game of Thrones spoilers - David Jun 7, 18:59 9
- I can't wait for the internet reaction to next week.... -- nm - Remlik Jun 7, 19:33
- spoils -- (edited) - Jovian Jun 7, 19:13
- To your IM, do you mean as far as the characters choice? Or the producers? -- nm - Volnelk Jun 7, 19:02 6
  - Spoilers - David Jun 7, 19:03 5
    - yup. - Remlik Jun 7, 19:28
    - I agree. Especially when..... - volnelk Jun 7, 19:09 3
      - But (spoils) - Roger More Jun 7, 19:20 2
        
        the little "about this episode" feature afterward - tristafé Jun 7, 19:23 1
        
        It may very well be. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 7, 19:53
GoT spoils - Jovian Jun 7, 18:55 6
- Speaking of The Last Starfighter - Max Jun 7, 19:02
- No, Daeny, don't sit there! -- nm - Max Jun 7, 18:57
- for the price she paid - tristafé Jun 7, 18:56 3
  - But (spoils) - Roger More Jun 7, 19:19 1
    - that's true - tristafé Jun 7, 19:21
  - Yeah. Spoils - Volnelk Jun 7, 18:58
Speaking of borderlands ... It made me buy the song Short Change Hero last night. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 18:35 1
- Their wholes albums are pretty cool IMO, they're playing pretty constantly in my house. - guigue Jun 7, 18:39
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(It's convenient because the horses are already cooked.) -- nm - Max Jun 7, 18:07
Apple will announce their music streaming service tomorrow -- nm - tristafé Jun 7, 18:03
and now, the HBO Original series, Game of Thrones -- nm - tristafé Jun 7, 17:59 6
- i'm watching the T-Rex Autopsy on NatGeo first. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 7, 18:05 5
  - NatGeo should hang their heads in shame. -- nm - Mop Jun 7, 19:34
  - Is the pathologist also a t-rex? I'd watch that. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 18:17 3
    - they seem uniquely unsuited to that line of work. -- nm - Reagen Jun 7, 18:18 2
      - Related -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 7, 18:20 1
        
        Ouch :) -- nm - Meg Jun 7, 18:30
For those who care about this sort of thing (positively or negatively), there's full-frontal male nudity at the end of Episode 5 of Sense8. -- nm - nubby Jun 7, 17:50 5
- What do you think so far? -- nm - amoxy Jun 7, 18:44 1
  - I agree with your assessment - nubby Jun 7, 18:56
- *eyebrow raise* -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 7, 17:53 2
  - Minispoiler - nubby Jun 7, 18:38 1
    - Update - nubby Jun 7, 18:53
Remember when I said Bad Blood and We Are Never Getting Back Together are the same song? -- (link) - Reagen Jun 7, 17:48 [youtube] 2
- 4 chords is the answer to ewverything -- nm - Karl_S Jun 7, 19:44
- It's the new How You Remind Me Someday - Tim Jun 7, 17:52
👊 -- nm - David Jun 7, 17:47 3
- I didn't know there was an emoji for fisting -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 17:55 2
  - Considering what people use emojis for, it's probably a top 10. -- nm - Reagen Jun 7, 17:57
  - "1, 2, 3, 4, 5...makes a sex fist." -- nm - David Jun 7, 17:56
Tony Awards spoilers - Dano Jun 7, 17:46 3
- I liked the song from Fun Home. -- nm - Dano Jun 7, 18:42
- ...said nobody ever. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 7, 17:48 1
  - Speak for yourself. I'm just pissed I forgot to set my keepers in my fantasy league -- nm - prayformojo Jun 7, 17:49
San Andreas - cheesy, a few informative tips but mostly misinformation, highly entertaining, and cool to watch L.A. and S.F. crumble as realistically - CrankYanker Jun 7, 17:36 5
- Lucy Jones was interviewed on CBS this morning, talking about what was real/possible and what wasn't. -- nm - Meg Jun 7, 17:46 4
  - I heard a radio interview of a seismologist....same subject matter. Good info = land lines, electronics stores, and disabled emergency vehicles for - CrankYanker Jun 7, 17:51 3
    - And a sunami wave is never higher than the water is deep at that point - and west coast faults wouldn't generate them anyway. - Meg Jun 7, 17:55 2
      - Not that I know anything about seismology, but (spoils) - Roger More Jun 7, 18:12 1
        
        They're created by a quake occurring directly underneath an area of the ocean, and move away from that point. Inland quakes wouldn't create them. -- nm - Meg Jun 7, 18:28
Done with the 3rd tour of the week. Thank you, yes, I think I will have a beer. -- nm - Meg Jun 7, 16:46 2
- Congrats? Or perhaps cheers? 🍻 -- nm - JD Jun 7, 16:51 1
  - We were mentioned in Westways magazine this month and we had more people show up today than we've ever had on a Sunday. -- nm - Meg Jun 7, 17:04
Fallout 4 will not be on Xbox 360 or PS3.... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 7, 16:14 14
- It'll depend on multiplayer and if STers get it for me to decide between PC and the Xbone. -- nm - Krusty Jun 7, 17:17 6
  - multi...player? -- nm - Tim Jun 7, 17:19 5
    - Fallout games aren't multiplayer? What year do they think it is? -- nm - David Jun 7, 17:43 3
      - Nope. I could see them doing something like Borderlands with a limited multiplayer. - Krusty Jun 7, 17:55
      - Neither has the Elder Scrolls series, which Bethesda also makes (until Elder Scrolls Online, which went F2P in under a year). - Tim Jun 7, 17:53 1
        
        Yeah, the combat would be an issue. I didn't think of that. -- nm - Krusty Jun 7, 17:56
    - Co-op maybe? I could see them doing something like adding muliplayer. - Krusty Jun 7, 17:37
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  - Although... I don't think I ever officially finished F3. I got to the final run (with my mutant buddy intact) & then headed off to cleanup sidequests. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 7, 17:16 2
    - Oh, you know, I just remembered something. (Fallout 3 spoils?) - Tim Jun 7, 18:00 1
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- Did people think it might? My first thought when I heard the announcement wasn't... - Cuzzin Todd Jun 7, 16:28
- It was the game that would have made me get a new system anyway, so fine. -- nm - Tim Jun 7, 16:28
- And so it begins. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 7, 16:27
huh, EW.com has setup a paywall. Fuck those guys -- nm - Beaker Jun 7, 15:53 4
- As a business, how dare they attempt to make money!!! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 7, 16:29 2
  - *shrug* I always used to go there, now won't so bye bye advertising dollars -- nm - Beaker Jun 7, 16:57 1
    - The site re-design was making it nearly impossible to find articles anyway -- nm - Roger More Jun 7, 18:14
- I was able to access it in private mode. Had the Tony red carpet streaming. -- nm - Covington Jun 7, 15:56
Who would you take: Joe Flacco or Matt Ryan -- (link) - tristafé Jun 7, 15:41 1
- PFF rankings: Matt Ryan grades out to +20.3. Flacco grades out to +7.1. - David Jun 7, 16:03
Lefty tips kids $99 on a $1 glass of lemonade -- (link) - tristafé Jun 7, 15:38 1
- Nice! -- nm - JenBro Jun 7, 16:57
groiny: sorry for your loss -- nm - Beaker Jun 7, 15:36 1
- and {{{hugs}}} for his mom -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 15:46
Guardians Of The Galaxy Writer Nicole Perlman To Pen Wool Adaptation -- (link) - Beaker Jun 7, 15:22 2
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- Excellent. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 7, 15:42
American Pharoah owner Ahmed Zayat plans for his Triple Crown-winning horse to run again in 2015. -- (link) - Beaker Jun 7, 15:21 1
- Oh Come on! It's time for me chatting up the ladies...Its studding time -- nm - American Pharoah Jun 7, 17:14
United Passions: "not merely ham-fisted, but pork shouldered, bacon-wristed and sausage-elbowed." -- (link) - Reagen Jun 7, 15:14
(this should be viewable?) Baseball being played at a Civil War POW camp -- (link) - prayformojo Jun 7, 14:59 1
- "Not Pictured: Abner Doubleday" -- nm - Reagen Jun 7, 15:00
And Germany with the extra point -- nm - JD Jun 7, 14:31 3
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- "Hans you motherfucker, you made your point! Let them pull back!" -- nm - Beaker Jun 7, 15:00
- And a field goal - JD Jun 7, 14:46
54 (The Director's Cut): B -- nm - Dano Jun 7, 14:29
Can't believe this is being played on turf -- nm - prayformojo Jun 7, 14:10 1
- Ehh, fuck em. They're only women. Ain't that what they're for? -- nm - Sepp Blatter Jun 7, 15:34
We returned a leased car. The finance company sent the final statement. The "realized value" which I assume is the amount the car was auctioned off - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 7, 13:52 8
- What kind of car and how long a lease? That seems really unlikely. - iSpam Jun 7, 16:10
- No cars that aren't collectors items ever appreciate in value - tristafe Jun 7, 14:35 5
  - Most things that are F$%#& expensive when you buy them tend to remain F$@#& expensive in the future. - zeitgeist Jun 7, 15:45 2
    - every car loses 50% of its book value the moment it gets driven off a dealer lot - tristafé Jun 7, 15:57 1
      - More like 20% unless it's a luxury car which is more like 10-15%. -- nm - iSpam Jun 7, 16:02
  - Just like boats... But there are fewer collector-level boats. - Beryllium Jun 7, 14:54 1
    - John Staluppi is the rare exception who collects both. he also has multimillion $$ yachts built every other year -- (link) - Peglegpete Jun 7, 15:32
- they were hoping you would feel sorry for them and contribute a couple thousand to make up for their losses -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 7, 14:23
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- so, people with cats are crazy? no way! -- nm - dogbert Jun 7, 14:04
Sense8 Whole Series B- The payoff is good and I am actually looking forward to Season 2. If they continue on this trend, not the BS earlier (spoilers) - amoxy Jun 7, 13:41
What happened to the 39? He was not happy and may be looking for AJ in the future? -- nm - iSpam Jun 7, 13:13
I like that they've stuck with the goofy "turn and cross hands" pose for the Women's WC. -- nm - Reagen Jun 7, 12:59
twug, there's no artificial gravity in any hard scifi? -- nm - mud Jun 7, 12:50 18
- MAGNETS! -- nm - jesse pinkman Jun 7, 13:35 1
  - vac-uum -- nm - Donnie Jun 7, 14:55
- There's a list on TVtropes. Maybe Event Horizon would qualify? (Or Moonraker? :) -- (link) - Roger More Jun 7, 13:28
- Depends on how far into the future you go with it. The Martian isn't far future and the book - TWuG Jun 7, 12:56 3
  - but I'm sure that I've come across what I (poorly) described on B2 in fiction somewhere .. - mud Jun 7, 13:01 2
    - Possibly. I'm not sure I've encountered it. - TWuG Jun 7, 13:10 1
      - I think 2010 addressed this. We need to summon notnub. "notnub! notnub! notnub!" -- nm - mud Jun 7, 13:11
- Interstellar ... -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 12:51 10
  - Interstellar had artificial gravity? -- nm - JD Jun 7, 12:57 9
    - Yes, it did. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 12:59 1
      - er, wait. I think I may have mis-understood the topic / question -- (edited) - JD Jun 7, 13:05
    - Interstellar wasn't hard scifi -- nm - mud Jun 7, 12:58 6
      - It's listed on Wikipedia as such -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 13:02 1
        
        really? maybe I stand corrected, but I don't stand on Sundays. It's my horizontal day -- nm - mud Jun 7, 13:04
      - Why not? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 13:00 3
        
        too much speculative mumbo jumbo. Hard scifi will only use available tech (or whatnot) -- nm - mud Jun 7, 13:03 2
        
        Strong adherence to science and technical detail. I haven't seen Interstellar - TWuG Jun 7, 13:12 1
        
        There were a few broad strokes, but they tried to keep it accurate -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 13:14
"Entourage" and "more enjoyable" do not belong in the same thought unless it's completed by "being stabbed in the hand repeatedly". -- nm - Reagen Jun 7, 12:44 8
- Tobey Maguire Is The Real-Life Vince From ‘Entourage’ -- (link) - Beaker Jun 7, 13:43
- I saw her question and wondered why anyone who hadn't seen the show would *want* to see the movie. - Kim Pine Jun 7, 12:49 6
  - Well "she" also saw Aloha as the second film of a Sunday double feature, so how do you like them apples? -- (edited) - JenBro Jun 7, 17:05 2
    - .......... -- nm - kelly Jun 7, 17:54
    - Well, I totally want to see Aloha, so good on you. :) - Kim Pine Jun 7, 17:40
  - The movie was great, my only complaint was that it was too short. - J Jun 7, 13:22 2
    - "Man, we sure were an entourage, weren't we?" FADE OUT. THE END -- nm - Vincent Chase Jun 7, 13:26
    - I thought it was funny enough, but definitely not too short -- nm - guigue Jun 7, 13:24
The Rundown is indeed awesome -- nm - Beaker Jun 7, 12:42 1
- Damn skippy. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 7, 12:52
i'm feeling incredibly unproductive on a day that I should be studying for an exam on wednesday , , , -- nm - call me Ishmael Jun 7, 12:32
The local announcer said something vaguely challenging about Brock Holt a few games ago to which I responded... - Mel Profit Jun 7, 12:30 4
- Iron Chef Brock Holt -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 7, 12:38
- *wanders around like Moses, looking for where to go* -- nm - Brock Holt Jun 7, 12:34 1
  - The Pope and Brock Holt talk late at night about the nature of existence. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 7, 12:37
- Brock Holt does not apologize for crappy Firsts. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 7, 12:31

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