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David Simon's next HBO project: The Deuce, about the Times Square porn business in the 70s -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jun 18, 22:31 3
- That's a lot of merkins. -- nm - Mop Jun 18, 22:33
- Picking up were Mad Men left off? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 18, 22:33 1
  - I don't know. Seems like a lot of work. -- nm - Peggy Jun 18, 22:34
That shot I'm talking about is at the end of this set of clips -- (link) - Reagen Jun 18, 22:08
Clint is going to have to Argo the shit out of that Hudson River plane crash/land story to get a movie from it -- nm - slipping jimmy Jun 18, 22:04 5
- *wink* -- nm - Inflatable Auto-Pilot Jun 18, 22:09
- She's starting to shake. She's starting sh- oh we've landed. -- (link) - Max Jun 18, 22:07
- John Slattery would be perfect for the role -- nm - budice Jun 18, 22:06 1
  - Tom Hanks, reported today -- nm - slipping jimmy Jun 18, 22:10
- make it CGI, tell the story from the perspective of the birds -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 22:04
Between this and David's Destiny video below... I hate tearing up. -- (link) - Spawn Jun 18, 21:40 2
- wonderful. -- nm - Remlik Jun 18, 21:50
- I didn't cry, but it was close. This has turned into an especially good board. -- nm - David Jun 18, 21:49
Robyn just dropped the dance song of the summer: "Love Is Free" -- (link) - MDH Jun 18, 21:18 3
- It's one of those that needs remixing right out of the gate. -- nm - Qale Jun 18, 21:32
- Normally if you say Robyn I'm there 100%, but this... is not going to win on airplay. -- nm - Max Jun 18, 21:27 1
  - Yeah, this isnt going to go far. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 18, 21:51
I think Birdman is both better and more disturbing on the second viewing. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 18, 21:14 1
- I keep thinking about it and still not sure whether I liked it or not. - tobor.2 Jun 18, 22:07
LYC: For the first time in a while, all my accounts are reconciled perfectly. I had quite a few healthcare and other checks uncashed hanging out there - Qale Jun 18, 21:08 7
- Now go throw it all away on pussy and beer! -- nm - David Jun 18, 21:21 3
  - Funny you say that. - Qale Jun 18, 21:29 2
    - mazel tov! -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 18, 21:37
    - TTPOM!!! - David Jun 18, 21:33
- Huzzah! I will now call you "The Mini-Monocle" from now on! -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 18, 21:18
- I'm pretty sure it's been at least 20 years since I actually balanced my checkbook -- nm - slipping jimmy Jun 18, 21:12 1
  - Living on my own has forced this Libra to be better with finances. -- nm - Qale Jun 18, 21:15
It's technically a Destiny thing, but this video is quite wonderful. -- (link) - David Jun 18, 21:08 [youtube] 1
- Or more of a human thing. Nice. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 19, 06:25
Robert Flores and Jay Harris talking on ESPN about Dusty Rhodes... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 18, 20:58 1
- Triple H and the NXT roster honor Dusty -- (link) - Remlik Jun 18, 21:03 [youtube]
How bad does your haircut have to be, that someone can identify you while you're driving? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 20:49 1
- Well, uh, uh, -- nm* - Donald Trump Jun 18, 21:00
The highest-ranking woman in Toyota's history has been arrested (for trying to bring painkillers across a border) -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 18, 20:39 7
- looks unintentional, but really if you travel as much as someone with that position would, it's pretty basic stuff. - mafic Jun 18, 20:52
- the full story/no-log-in-needed can be found by clicking on the top news hit here.. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 18, 20:49 5
  - (and she is so dumb. mail, really?) -- nm - b. Jun 18, 20:51 2
    - isn't the first law for assistants to take the fall for smuggling drugs in for the boss? :))) - Peglegpete Jun 18, 21:05
    - my bet is Japanese doctor wouldn't prescribe, so she just went the easy route and had it shipped. -- nm - mafic Jun 18, 21:03
  - thanks, I didn't realize it was walled -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 20:50 1
    - wsj is hit/miss, can't always tell; so I usually assume it is when I post their links. nyt, too. -- nm - b. Jun 18, 20:53
Yeah Firefox, that last update works great. - tobor.2 Jun 18, 20:37 2
- Try disabling any extensions you have, restart, and see if that helps -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 20:40
- Only more random. -- nm - tobor.2 Jun 18, 20:39
sometimes I am smart, sometimes I am notsosmart. it didn't occur to me until today that I should use one of those dumb credit gift cards to buy myself -- (edited) - b. Jun 18, 20:33
4,999,293,576.45 - Will Hunting Jun 18, 20:32
Reserved Sales Update: Inside Out doing very well. Thursday sales 3X Big Hero 6, Friday sales double Hero6 at this time. Dope not selling at all. - MDH Jun 18, 20:23 1
- Dope's going to be *very* location specific. -- nm - Reagen Jun 18, 20:27
Daily Show: Jon Stewart with an incredible monologue on the events in South Carolina -- nm - budice Jun 18, 20:09 2
- if you missed it here it is... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 18, 20:47
- I almost never stay up and watch. But. I caught this. It was great. -- nm - Andie Jun 18, 20:37
that said, a 537 yard par 4 is officially "fuck that noise" territory. -- nm - Reagen Jun 18, 20:08 5
- I don't even think Mario could make that with a super mushroom power up in Mario Golf. -- nm - Qale Jun 18, 20:28
- Arnold Palmer in a wheelchair would have played better than Tiger. -- nm - Loyola Jun 18, 20:15 1
  - that croquette shot was rather wtf -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 18, 22:32
- I like how theres multiple cuts of rough...The last one is - budice Jun 18, 20:10 1
  - "also we stuck some bear traps out there. Good luck!" -- nm - Reagen Jun 18, 20:12
Random thought: Market deregulation is like letting a toddler brush their teeth unsupervised. It might be OK the first two days ... - Beryllium Jun 18, 20:00
I got a local syndicated HD channel added to my package yesterday. Still don't have the CW in HD. -- nm - Mop Jun 18, 19:56
Jurassic World, B- -- nm - con_carne Jun 18, 19:56
Tiger dragged them all down. -- nm - Loyola Jun 18, 19:50
What is happening at the US Open? Everyone seems to be in a bunker or in the rough. -- nm - Mop Jun 18, 19:48 1
- They all predicted this for several weeks now -- nm - slipping jimmy Jun 18, 19:58
After seeing Aziz Ansari on the Daily Show, I had to look this up. Japanese youth are a strangely sexless society. -- (link) - Mop Jun 18, 19:46 1
- American teens want to look like barbie, Japanese want to look like hello kitty -- nm - z on the go Jun 18, 20:48
gallery is openly mocking Tiger now. -- nm - Reagen Jun 18, 19:37 13
- He should have stayed down that bunker and just tell them to fill it in. -- nm - Loyola Jun 18, 19:44
- Has he got the yips? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 19:40 1
  - his yips have gone back to 1997 and given that Tiger the horrors so they need to change the records. -- nm - mud Jun 18, 19:46
- That is as bad a shot as I've ever seen a professional make. -- nm - Reagen Jun 18, 19:39 9
  - Maybe he's been planning bets against himself -- nm - zork Jun 18, 19:54
  - Just makes the comeback all the more awesome. -- nm - Mop Jun 18, 19:50
  - What did he do? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 18, 19:49 5
    - topped it into an unhittable bunker. Looked like something I would do. -- nm - Reagen Jun 18, 19:52 4
      - you couldn't have hit that shot if you tried. -- nm - mud Jun 18, 19:55 2
        
        That's why Reagen keeps the blast shield down during his swing -- nm - zork Jun 18, 20:12
        
        no, but I hit it all the time by accident. -- nm - Reagen Jun 18, 19:56
      - Wow. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 18, 19:53
  - Bubba Watson advanced the ball about 3 feet earlier from a good lie in the bunker. That was impressive in a bad way. -- nm - 99 LuftBarons Jun 18, 19:41
the ancient Greeks feared ZOMBIES -- (link) - Peglegpete Jun 18, 19:28
if they did a Jurassic World: The Outtakes, regardless of it's length, I think it'd do another 200 million -- nm - call me Ishmael Jun 18, 19:27
answer me this, ST: do travel agents get better rates using booking.com or expedia, or do I have bad travel agents? - mafic Jun 18, 19:22 3
- I always thought the airlines, hotels, etc. paid the travel agencies a comission. my guess is the agent. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 18, 19:30
- I almost always check myself, even for work trips - sometimes our corporate agency will find better prices, sometimes not. -- (edited) - b. Jun 18, 19:29 1
  - I'll also add that it can still be agent-dependent - I usually use the same person to book, and he's pretty good; but, man, there is one - b. Jun 18, 19:34
hsx talk: heh, how the OW warrant for MAX is currently being held is not helpful. - b. Jun 18, 19:14 2
- Typical MAX ... -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 18, 19:37
- hit it, MAX? -- nm - mafic Jun 18, 19:19
hah, Colin Jost tweeting to TimeWarner - Max Jun 18, 19:08
from bb, I went to play that video with the alligator but it wouldn't run - googling had me find that it was actually from 3 years ago, oops. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 18, 19:00 [youtube] 1
- Good girl I couldn't see it either. What a dumb mofo. -- nm - Loyola Jun 18, 19:22
US Open spoils - 99 LuftBarons Jun 18, 18:47 15
- This is the ugliest course I've ever seen. It looks so depressing. -- nm - MDH Jun 18, 19:20 3
  - Do they not water their greens in Washington? -- nm - Mop Jun 18, 19:40 1
    - See the link about the links. - tobor.2 Jun 18, 19:47
  - Link -- (link) - tobor.2 Jun 18, 19:23
- Thought the course was butt ugly at first glance but I'm warming to it. - zunk xometimes Jun 18, 18:57 3
  - My friend thinks the train is transporting nukes from the nuke factory. - Loyola Jun 18, 19:24 1
    - Wrong line. -- nm - tobor.2 Jun 18, 19:35
  - It's brutal! There's a handfull that are taking to it like ducks to water tho' -- nm - mud Jun 18, 19:00
- Almost dead fucking last. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 18, 18:48 6
  - I remember when golf was added to the Olympics for 2016 and I did the math said no way is Tiger a sure thing - and was widely told I didn't know -- (edited) - Reagen Jun 18, 18:53 5
    - He's a ringer! Or is that a stealth ringer? I dunno. Something. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 18:54 4
      - if you're gonna sandbag, you better not sandbag so much you go right out of the competition. -- nm - Reagen Jun 18, 18:55 3
        
        He can take some comfort in that his playing partners are doing nearly as badly. - 99 LuftBarons Jun 18, 19:02 2
        
        So if the cut is +3 tomorrow, he just needs to shoot a 62 and he's in!" -- nm - mud Jun 18, 19:14 1
        
        I could do it! -- nm - Roy McAvoy Jun 18, 19:17
Boston and NYC are twin cities. Couldn't tell them apart if you tried. - Krusty Jun 18, 18:45 13
- Not sure if they still do it but often litter and graffiti would be added to make it look more like American cities -- nm - zork Jun 18, 19:47 1
  - And they use a lot of Sears kit houses to make it look like Chicago. - tobor.2 Jun 18, 19:49
- They probably decided on Boston because they want to have good pizza -- nm - Roger More Jun 18, 19:28
- Just out of curiosity - does smoking make you paranoid, or relaxed? - kelly Jun 18, 19:26 3
  - I don't like it when the city in the film, that's a part of the film, isn't the real city. -- nm - Krusty Jun 18, 20:19 1
    - This isn't a NYC vs. Boston thing. I like the city of Boston. I enjoy seeing it in films. - Krusty Jun 18, 20:26
  - I warned him to go easy on the Mop strain. -- nm - Mop Jun 18, 19:33
- is it for sure nothing will be filmed in nyc? -- nm - b. Jun 18, 18:48 3
  - They might be filming a scene in the financial district but it could be they mean the Boston financial district. - Krusty Jun 18, 18:51 2
    - here's his explanation, looks like. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 18, 19:05 1
      - If the exteriors are shot here that'll work. Thanks for the link! - Krusty Jun 18, 19:11
- .............. - ty97 Jun 18, 18:48 1
  - Haha! -- nm - Krusty Jun 18, 18:49
GOT Cercei's body double last sunday night was Rebecca Van Cleave -- (link*) - Peglegpete Jun 18, 18:39 2
- It's a living. -- nm - Mop Jun 18, 18:42 1
  - see my reply to bacon below. it has 5 of the shows body doubles. Kaleesi, Tyrion, Messandre & more -- nm* - Peglegpete Jun 18, 19:37
This tweet makes me sad. -- (link) - Tim Jun 18, 18:31 13
- So that Firefly reunion probably ain't happenin', huh? -- nm - Reagen Jun 18, 18:42 8
  - "You wanna run this reunion?!" "Yes!" "Well...ya can't!" -- nm - Max Jun 18, 19:03
  - They can just talk about some airlock accident -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 18:54 6
    - "He was in his bunk when the torpedo hit...." - TWuG Jun 18, 19:03 5
      - "Reavers got him. Ask me, he had it coming." -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 19:05 4
        
        "He swallowed a bug. Then exploded." -- nm - TWuG Jun 18, 19:12 3
        
        "He forgot the story about the apples." -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 19:13 2
        
        "Note: Cobb died on his way back to his home planet." That's why I'm presenting this sworn affidavit saying he'll never ever return. -- nm - Roger More Jun 18, 19:31 1
        
        "Here lies Jayne Cobb, choked to death on a Corn Cob" -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 19:36
- ~Jayne! The man they call Jayne! He robbed from the rich and he gave to the poor. ~ -- nm - budice Jun 18, 18:37
- She's pretty. -- nm - Loyola Jun 18, 18:35
- holy shit. -- nm - mud Jun 18, 18:34
- What an unpleasant human being Dadam Raldwin has turned out to be. -- nm - TWuG Jun 18, 18:34
Bryce Harper noooooooooooooooo -- nm - ML Pad Jun 18, 18:31
OITNB - spoilers - tobor.2 Jun 18, 18:29 1
- and... - tobor.2 Jun 18, 18:30
Breaking News....Khaleesi Dead.......GOT now killing characters out of season......... -- nm - Bacon Jun 18, 18:27 2
- Rosie Mac is out of work?? -- (link) - Peglegpete Jun 18, 18:40
- That sounds like a fun show. -- nm - Loyola Jun 18, 18:29
in which e.l. james loses some goodwill from fans - the new christian-view book only covers the 1st book of the original series. (kinda maybe spoil) - b. Jun 18, 18:22
lyc: Checks are ordered -- nm - budice Jun 18, 18:19 1
- ::trying to remember if you have my address:: -- nm - b. Jun 18, 18:23
Same place. -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 18:14 4
- different time. -- nm - mud Jun 18, 18:16 3
  - Tastes great -- nm - budice Jun 18, 18:17 2
    - Crystal Pepsi™ -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 18:17 1
      - WHY CHOOSE THE LESSER EVIL?! -- nm - 🐙cthulhu Jun 18, 18:19

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