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"Next week on True Detective, Bezzerides goes undercover at a porn party..." -- nm - Diva Jul 21, 11:39
Hope none of you own shares of Lifelock today -- (link) - decline Jul 21, 11:26
New French Scrabble Champ Doesn't Speak French -- (link) - Beaker Jul 21, 11:25 2
- Was it a twelve year old who kept asking the opponent what part of speech their word is and then to use it in a sentence? -- nm - zork Jul 21, 11:27
- That's not unusual in the English game. A lot of non-native speakers are really good, it's just memorizing words. -- nm - spamlet Jul 21, 11:27
Headline: "Sweeping Federal LGBT Rights Bill Will Be Introduced This Week" - ReluctantCynic Jul 21, 11:19 1
- The sweeping GOP bill will be a giant broom to remove all the LGBT persons from the US. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 21, 11:24
Married couples, if the info cones out, say wikileaks, would you check you partner? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 21, 11:17 37
- Nope. -- nm - kelly Jul 21, 11:52
- Nah. -- nm - Diva Jul 21, 11:44
- Not a chance. -- nm - Jim Jul 21, 11:43 2
  - To amend: my wife works for a hotel company and has as long as we've been together. If she wanted some strange, she doesn't need a website for it. -- nm - Jim Jul 21, 11:44 1
    - *ding* -- nm - Spawn Jul 21, 11:49
- Nope. When you dont have trust your marriage is already in trouble -- nm - redmond Jul 21, 11:33 4
  - *trades you some lo mein for your fortune cookie* -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 21, 11:35 3
    - Man who trade lo mein for fortune cookie become wiser and hungrier -- nm - redmond Jul 21, 11:36 2
      - So....am I getting the fortune cookie or not? -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 21, 11:38 1
        
        Keep waiting...it will be there any minute -- nm - redmond Jul 21, 11:39
- No...We like each other and have no reason to look elsewhere. Plus both of us are too busy for an affair. -- nm - Walt_Disney Jul 21, 11:29 11
  - this is the thing, really. where do people say they are during those.... absences? -- nm - Andie Jul 21, 11:30 10
    - Exactly -- nm - zork Jul 21, 11:41
    - I drive around all day for work. With the right job as cover it would'nt be tough to do -- nm - redmond Jul 21, 11:38 5
      - ^^^ Cable Repair Man ^^^ -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 21, 11:38 4
        
        Just trying to make a connection -- nm - redmond Jul 21, 11:40 3
        
        I'm not sure that is where the co-ax goes. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 21, 11:40 2
        
        in my world ISP stands for Installation Sex Provider -- nm - redmond Jul 21, 11:43 1
        
        wrong channel dude -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 21, 11:46
    - Working late, bar, golf, or having opposite schedules so you have a few hours where you're not able to be together. - Will Hunting Jul 21, 11:36
    - Work, gym, out with work friends, etc -- nm - Roger More Jul 21, 11:35 1
      - yup. For instance a dude who used to work here would do it on his lunch hour. -- nm - decline Jul 21, 11:37
- no -- nm - oblique Jul 21, 11:21 7
  - you guys all trustworthy and shit, it's so cute! -- nm - groiny Jul 21, 11:23 6
    - i just can't imagine when there would ever have been time. -- nm - Andie Jul 21, 11:28 1
      - Yeah. Pre-Logan, maybe. Now there is *no* way either of us could. -- nm - Spawn Jul 21, 11:30
    - I wouldn't be surprised if mrs. zork checked it -- nm - zork Jul 21, 11:28 2
      - you did use a false name, right? -- nm - decline Jul 21, 11:29 1
        
        D'oh! -- nm - zork Jul 21, 11:29
    - Well, there's also "don't ask questions if you don't want to know the answers." Words to live by -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 11:27
- plus hot neighbours and friends -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 11:20 2
  - oh, i might check some names of people i know. -- nm - Andie Jul 21, 11:21 1
    - right?? my nemeses. -- nm - fabulous squad Jul 21, 11:22
- lol. No. -- nm - Spawn Jul 21, 11:20
- nah -- nm - Andie Jul 21, 11:19
- damn right I do. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 21, 11:19 1
  - info leaks. groiny's internet suddenly dies and his phone mysteriously disapperas -- nm - oblique Jul 21, 11:21
InformationWeek: 10 Cool Fitness Trackers That Aren't Apple Watch -- (link) - GregW Jul 21, 11:11 1
- I do love how the Apple Watch is a "fitness tracker" first and foremost -- nm - oblique Jul 21, 11:16
I just rode a $4500 bike (for the fit) which I deeply wish I could justify. -- nm - Reagen Jul 21, 11:10
I JUST WANT ONE G-D WEBCAST NOT TO USE MEGATRENDS! QUIT TRYING TO MAKE IT A THING! - spamlet Jul 21, 11:09 2
- I remember when mega-trends were big in the 1980s -- nm - Roger More Jul 21, 11:16 1
  - (Mega-trend - everything 80s that hasn't already been back is coming back. For example I'm seeing a lot of Mandinka mohawks these days) -- nm - Roger More Jul 21, 11:16
guys, do we think that the ashley madison info will ever actually leak? -- nm - fabulous squad Jul 21, 11:02 27
- The parent has tried to go public a couple of times and was gearing up to do so again. This was really well timed. -- nm - spamlet Jul 21, 11:16
- OK, I'm probably the only one who thought Ashley Madison was a plus size women's clothing store -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 11:13 4
  - There are tons of TV ads running here, but then I think the company is based out of here. -- nm - zork Jul 21, 11:24
  - I thought that as well until I had a pop-up about it recently. -- nm - Krusty Jul 21, 11:22
  - it's always reminded me of ashley stewart, a chain of plus-size clothes stores. -- nm - b. Jul 21, 11:15
  - nope, I had never heard of it either. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 21, 11:15
- It's out there, it will be released at some point. -- nm - spamlet Jul 21, 11:10 7
  - who the hell would even use their real names? -- nm - groiny Jul 21, 11:14 6
    - My name on there is Robin Thicke. -- nm - Spawn Jul 21, 11:21 1
      - #THICKE -- nm - Qale Jul 21, 11:42
    - Credit card info -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 21, 11:16 1
      - IDENTITY THEFT!!!! - groiny Jul 21, 11:16
    - They got the payment data for each account. Your real name is gonna be on your credit card. -- nm - spamlet Jul 21, 11:14 1
      - oof -- nm - groiny Jul 21, 11:15
- Why? Are you worried? -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 11:06 7
  - I'm just curious!! -- nm - fabulous squad Jul 21, 11:14
  - all you single folk should hope it does, as the dating pool will be increased quickly. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 21, 11:07 5
    - There is never a shortage of middle aged over weight broken people -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 21, 11:26 1
      - Damn that's cold. -- nm - Qale Jul 21, 11:42
    - If it does come out, single people will google each other to see if they had AM accounts. -- nm - Inigo Jul 21, 11:09 2
      - Not to mention married people -- nm - spamlet Jul 21, 11:15
      - yes, but assuming one half of those newly single people would be the victims. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 21, 11:10
- you mean like a mass dump of that data someplace? Nope. I'm sure at least parts are already on the darknet though -- nm - decline Jul 21, 11:04
- I predict no. Do you know someone who's nervous about it? -- nm - Max Jul 21, 11:04 1
  - heh. a buddy of mine is flipping the f out. -- nm - Jovian Jul 21, 11:06
- I look forward to the escalating divorce rate. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 21, 11:04
- Yes. -- nm - Miranda Lambert Jul 21, 11:03
Can you imagine how the Oval Office decor would look if Trump were President? - TWuG Jul 21, 10:51 6
- Trump has the worst taste in furniture I have ever seen -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 21, 11:02 5
  - Let me tell you something, blah blah blah. And by the way, blah blah blah. - Trump Jul 21, 11:05
  - It looks like something out of the 70s. -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 11:04 3
    - he likes big gaudy French Louis 14-16 styles and the ugliest part of those styles and the materials chosen also look cheap not classy -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 21, 11:10 2
      - I think saddam Hussain had trump decorate a few if his palaces -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 21, 11:14 1
        
        WHAT IS YOUR PHONE NUMBER!?! -- nm - Donald Trump Jul 21, 11:34
Trump: The gift that keeps on giving -- (link) - decline Jul 21, 10:49 8
- He really could stop giving at any moment now. No, really. Please. Stop. Giving. -- nm - Qale Jul 21, 11:43
- Trump and Taylor Swift should date and then ruin each other in the fallout. -- nm - Max Jul 21, 11:07
- Los Angeles give me Norfolk Va. TYler 44-10-09 tell the folks back home this is the promised land calling and the poorboy's on the line. -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 21, 11:03
- At least he didn't give out Graham's Grindr info. -- nm - David Jul 21, 10:59
- He's just helping out. I hear a flight attendant's been trying to get in touch with Graham. -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 10:55
- 8675309 -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 10:53
- ack, didn't see it on B2. -- nm - decline Jul 21, 10:53 1
  - it was lost in roll and deserved a repost -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 11:00
I need a nap -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 10:43
Not Florida: Police find over 1200 guns and 2 tons of ammo in deceased man's home. -- (link) - GregW Jul 21, 10:38 2
- and three tons of aluminum in the form of Coors Light cans? -- nm - zork Jul 21, 10:41
- It's OK, folks! We found all the guns! America is safe now. -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 10:39
55 degree dew point tomorrow! 51 on Thursday! I'm so excited I feel as if I might fling the clothes from my body and run around the park during lunch. -- nm - Max Jul 21, 10:37 1
- Nice. It is 73 here today, and 90F. -- nm - GregW Jul 21, 10:40
*clears throat* Bonds! -- nm - ty97 Jul 21, 10:37 2
- thanks to you and others for these posts. -- nm - b. Jul 21, 11:16
- sh*t. -- nm - fabulous squad Jul 21, 10:40
do we know what's on the flash drive from the safe in unreal? -- nm - fabulous squad Jul 21, 10:36 1
- Professor Zoom -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 21, 10:40
Man who survived lightning strike wins $1M jackpot with co-worker -- (link) - con_carne Jul 21, 10:36 2
- The odds of getting hit by lightning are better than that -- nm - zork Jul 21, 10:41
- So if you want to win the lottery, you must first survive a lightning strike. -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 10:38
And somebody's speculation of Harry Potter's last moments -- (link) - zork Jul 21, 10:29 3
- that's just like the one with Calvin and Hobbes with Calvin dying. -- nm - Remlik Jul 21, 10:38 2
  - dusty in here -- (link) - Beaker Jul 21, 11:20
  - That was a tear-jerker -- nm - zork Jul 21, 11:00
Speaking of Harry Potter, an interesting interpretation of the series -- (link) - zork Jul 21, 10:28 2
- or, you know, it's exactly what it is. -- nm - b. Jul 21, 11:24 1
  - agreed -- nm - zork Jul 21, 11:26
Real life Harry Potter!! -- (link) - Shaun Jul 21, 10:20 1
- ask those NFL guys how that ends -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 10:22
You know, I really like Vertigo, but it's a nothing film compared to North by Northwest. -- nm - David Jul 21, 10:20
So, if you're Donald's control person, at what point do you sit him down and say, "Listen, we're making a serious move here, let's not f**k it up - Will Hunting Jul 21, 10:19 15
- The Donald talks like a guy at a party entertaining investors, co-conspiraters, he's like Mitt at that fund raiser - zeitgeist Jul 21, 11:23
- Did you tell me not give out phone numbers? No! So STFU!!! -- nm - Donald Trump Jul 21, 11:23
- every morning at the start of the daily meeting...and it does no good :((( -- nm - Peglegpete Jul 21, 10:46
- I haven't seen a lot of The Apprentice but I always got the impression even his VPs politely concurred with him and collected their paychecks. -- nm - Max Jul 21, 10:27 2
  - of course. I can't believe I made it thru the 1st n 2nd seasons of that rubbish. What a horrible person. -- nm - mud Jul 21, 10:38 1
    - I watched the first handful of seasons - it wasn't rubbishy until later, and he wasn't so horrible throughout. - b. Jul 21, 11:13
- Seriously, I don't think he's got "handlers". -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 10:23
- 4) He doesn't have a "control person". Donald doesn't seem like the type of guy who allows anyone to "handle" him - TWuG Jul 21, 10:22 1
  - I saw a show about his 757 and the pilot is often doing stuff for him that a pilot should not be doing, plus the micromanagement is intense. -- nm - zork Jul 21, 10:26
- What makes you think he has a control person? -- nm - Roger More Jul 21, 10:21 1
  - It's the same person who's in charge of his hair :/ -- nm - con_carne Jul 21, 10:23
- I read an interesting what if?. He loses and endorses Hilary cause he knows that would get the most press and she is the most famous -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 10:20 2
  - He's donated to her substantially in the past, so that's not even all that ludicrous. - ML Jul 21, 10:22 1
    - your im was the other one they talked about -- nm - Beaker Jul 21, 10:23
- He's the first doxxing politician!* - David Jul 21, 10:20
6 Reasons Why Matt Fraction's Hawkeye Is One of Marvel's Greatest Comics -- (link) - Beaker Jul 21, 10:19
I just saw Jimmy Page - zork Jul 21, 10:14 9
- 1 hour, 41 minutes to go. -- nm - Roger More Jul 21, 10:19
- he's doing tons of interviews for the Zep remasters. And an iheartradio icon Q&A show on Wed. -- nm - Remlik Jul 21, 10:17 1
  - He's doing an actual appearance here tonight to premiere some of the stuff. -- nm - zork Jul 21, 10:18
- He loves the Four Seasons. -- nm - Diva Jul 21, 10:14 5
  - Also, they just finished constructing a brand new FS on the next street from the original. - zork Jul 21, 10:17
  - I was reading an article this morning and he was talking about his memories of playing at the Masonic Temple (then called the Rockpile). That was 1969 - zork Jul 21, 10:15 3
    - I think the early shows are the ones you'd remember most? -- nm - Roger More Jul 21, 10:20 2
      - Also, they got good reviews here and Rolling Stone wasn't too keen on them at the time. -- nm - zork Jul 21, 10:23 1
        
        or because they were before a lot of musicians got lost in drugs. -- nm - zork Jul 21, 10:27
I'm traveling tomorrow. The following Vudu movies have been deleted to my iPad... - Mop Jul 21, 10:11 4
- (downloaded?) -- nm - David Jul 21, 10:11 3
  - I prefer not to stream. Plus, wifi is unreliable on a plane. -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 10:14 1
    - It's. Going. To space! -- nm - Louis CK Jul 21, 10:27
  - most of those, deleted would have been a better move -- nm - ML Jul 21, 10:12
I'm a man who's got very specific taste. -- nm - Tim Jul 21, 10:11
The Good Dinosaur trailer is out. -- (link) - David Jul 21, 10:09 [youtube] 3
- Have we ever had 2 Pixar releases in one calendar year? -- nm - Mop Jul 21, 10:13 2
  - Nope, this is only happening because Good Dinosaur was a mess. They delayed it 18 months. -- nm - David Jul 21, 10:15 1
    - From that trailer (spoils) - TWuG Jul 21, 10:20

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