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Blue Jays nearing a deal for David Price. - ML Jul 30, 09:09 10
- Crap! -- nm - Hal Steinbrenner si Jul 30, 09:26 1
  - That mistake works. -- nm - Krusty Jul 30, 09:27
- Also Wilmer Flores not in the Mets starting lineup today -- nm - eag Jul 30, 09:13 2
  - Who wants to play that crybaby? - Imperator Jul 30, 09:14
  - All cried out? -- nm - Spawn Jul 30, 09:14
- I guess the Dodgers deal is about to collapse, then. - Imperator Jul 30, 09:13 4
  - Also, this tweet -- (link) - ML Jul 30, 09:17 1
    - That's what they always say. -- nm - Imperator Jul 30, 09:18
  - You should be pleased about that. I didn't like that deal at all for the Barves. - ML Jul 30, 09:15 1
    - I liked it a lot. We'd be getting the clubber we wanted 10 weeks ago at half price. -- nm - Imperator Jul 30, 09:18
Current sign-up stats: - Imperator Jul 30, 09:03 9
- Wait, we can sign up? -- nm - Spawn Jul 30, 09:21 5
  - I never find these posts funny. -- nm - Imperator Jul 30, 09:22 4
    - Ah, I see I got an email. Will do! -- nm* - Spawn Jul 30, 09:22 1
      - Done! -- nm - Spawn Jul 30, 09:23
    - Unless you kicked Spawn out of the league. That would be funny. -- nm - ML Jul 30, 09:22 1
      - *destroys mobile phone device* -- nm* - Spawn Jul 30, 09:23
- Make it 10. -- nm - samara Jul 30, 09:09 2
  - hi Sammy - ML Jul 30, 09:16
  - Hi! But no, I counted you. Budice has to sign up, too. -- nm - Imperator Jul 30, 09:12
These 21 Harry Potter Clues Show Why J.K. Rowling Is Genius (some of these == mind blown) -- (link) - zork Jul 30, 08:58 3
- some of those are very interesting (spoils? I guess) - ML Jul 30, 09:06 2
  - about the only one I caught on first read was ... - zork Jul 30, 09:09 1
    - spoils - Mop Jul 30, 09:18
Clarkson, Hammond and May signed to a new show on Amazon. -- (link) - Mop Jul 30, 08:58 1
- Amazon? Ugh! I was hoping they were going to Netflix. At least the boys will be back. -- nm - Krusty SI Jul 30, 08:59
Also I am having pizza for lunch again today. Who am I?? -- nm - Amanda Jul 30, 08:55 2
- OtherChad -- nm - jangles Jul 30, 09:07
- ~continues to weep~ -- nm - veggies Jul 30, 09:01
What would a Trump presidency look like? "Classy," says one New Hampshire voter. -- (link) - Mop Jul 30, 08:54 9
- 4 years of speechifying like this -- (link) - decline Jul 30, 09:03 2
  - I think that's... English? -- nm - Mop Jul 30, 09:21
  - All copies of Strunk and White just simultaneously burst into flame. -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 09:05
- considering he doesn't actually want to be president, I'm concerned about the lengths he'll start going to if he starts winning primaries. -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 09:03 3
  - I'm not sure that his ego will let him do that -- nm - zork Jul 30, 09:04
  - He doesn't want to be perceived as a loser, so he needs an 'out'. What outs are available for Trump? -- nm - Mop Jul 30, 09:04 1
    - Third parties are for losers -- nm - zork Jul 30, 09:05
- No matter how irrelevant, each of us really is going to get our name in lights this election season. - ML Jul 30, 08:56 1
  - I guess maybe it's actually the Grandy Worhol Party ... -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 09:09
4000000 ISO camera -- (link) - Reagen Jul 30, 08:51 2
- that's sick -- nm - CQ Jul 30, 09:19
- *poops self* Wow, that's amazing -- nm - zork Jul 30, 09:17
it seems so weird that TV mounts are so inexpensive. like I would trust them more if they cost more. -- nm - fabulous squad Jul 30, 08:49 3
- I'm more concerned about shitty studs -- nm - CQ Jul 30, 09:20 1
  - Hi there -- nm - Fabio Jul 30, 09:21
- I feel the same way about power tools. - Reagen Jul 30, 08:51
Don't you hate it when a kick starter does this? Exploding kittens message ... -- (link) - Beryllium Jul 30, 08:40 2
- The stuff he does makes me sad - oblique Jul 30, 08:52 1
  - hahah -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 09:07
Live by the snake, die by the snake -- (link) - TWuG Jul 30, 08:39 4
- I don't know if this is more "duh" or "'Merica!" Heck, why not both? -- nm - Mop Jul 30, 08:55
- Dammit, Boyd. -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 08:48 2
  - That might have been honestly the only time Justified went into umm wha? territory. -- nm - Jovian Jul 30, 08:50 1
    - Really? We get stories around here about those kinds of people all the time. - Kim Pine Jul 30, 09:05
Jack, is this a good thing or a bad thing? -- (link) - decline Jul 30, 08:31 7
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  - very cool :) -- nm - decline Jul 30, 08:41
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- This is from a Bloomberg newsletter this morning - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Jul 30, 08:34 3
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    - *shrug* just passing along the info. -- nm - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Jul 30, 08:45 1
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Quirks poll: I think I've asked this before, but do you have any weird quirks about mostly inconsequential things? - TWuG Jul 30, 08:27 11
- No, I don't think anyone on this board is like that. -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 08:47 4
  - we *so* need a sarcasm font -- nm - ML Jul 30, 08:57 3
    - yeah, useful invention *that* would be. -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 09:02 2
      - This baby is off the charts--glavin! -- (link) - ML Jul 30, 09:08 [youtube]
      - *snicker* "I told 'eem zat we already 'ad one" -- nm - zork Jul 30, 09:04
- My goodness, I wouldnt even know where to begin. -- nm - Jovian Jul 30, 08:37
- yeah, I have a ton. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 30, 08:35
- Everything about me is awesome, so no. -- nm - Spawn Jul 30, 08:35
- i have very weird feelings about what side of the road i walk on. All things being equal, i have to walk on the side that my destination is - Andie Jul 30, 08:32
- I like to have an even number of steps in each sidewalk section. Always leave the last bite to be the best tasting thing on a plate. -- nm - zork Jul 30, 08:32
- where to begin . . . -- nm - jangles Jul 30, 08:28
Taipei Zoo panda accused of faking pregnancy to get better treatment from zookeepers. -- (link) - Ender Jul 30, 08:26 4
- Has she been watching soap operas? -- nm - zork Jul 30, 08:28
- panda women are *deceptive* -- nm - jangles Jul 30, 08:28 2
  - They need to be to keep you from harassing them so much. -- nm - zork Jul 30, 08:29 1
    - Bitch set me up -- nm - jangles Jul 30, 08:33
Cardinals just signed a $1 beeeeeeeeeeelion dollar TV deal to cover the next 15 years. - ML Jul 30, 08:18 3
- that's about on par. The Phillies signed a deal last year with Comcast for $2.5B over 25 years -- nm - decline Jul 30, 08:37
- *laughs* -- nm - Apple, Inc. Jul 30, 08:35
- Meh. A pittance. -- nm - Hal Steinbrenner si Jul 30, 08:25
McCutchen gets a little league homer against the Twins. -- (link) - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Jul 30, 08:15 5
- There was a worse one recently -- (link) - Reagen Jul 30, 08:56
- that backup catcher trade gonna turn it all around -- nm - ML Jul 30, 08:16 3
  - I guess I should have noted it was a little league grand slam instead. - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Jul 30, 08:17 2
    - little league grand slams only have 3 runs? -- nm - Ender Jul 30, 08:24 1
      - Weren't the bases loaded? -- nm - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Jul 30, 08:28
Thank you to volnelk for mentioning the name Ratchford -- (link) - zork Jul 30, 08:13 [Image] 1
- Plenty more where that came from. Plenty more. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 30, 09:09
i09 has an in-depth look at XCOM 2 -- (link) - ML Jul 30, 08:13 1
- I still think it incredibly stupid that this will be a PC-only game. -- nm - decline Jul 30, 08:19
With episode 4 out this week, I need to once again tell you that I HIGHLY recommend the game Life is Strange. -- (link) - Ender Jul 30, 08:09
LIR: It is so sad that the word that gives pleasure to millions comes from the place that has destroyed the simple lives of the few who lived there - zork Jul 30, 08:06
a music superviser explains why so many trailers are terrible lately -- (link*) - jangles Jul 30, 08:05
trivia team name time! in the news this week: dentist, plane, what else? -- nm - fabulous squad Jul 30, 08:04 36
- No One Mention Scientology! -- nm - Roger More Jul 30, 08:46 10
  - ? (I kind of like this.) -- nm - fabulous squad Jul 30, 08:50 9
    - The article ML posted below, about how it's never asked about in Tom Cruise's publicity interviews. -- nm - Roger More Jul 30, 08:52 8
      - Pretty sure he will not give an interview if they are allowed to. -- nm - Spawn Jul 30, 08:56 7
        
        Then eff him. Let the movie die on the vine. -- nm - ML Jul 30, 08:57 6
        
        At the same time, it has nothing to do with the movie -- nm - zork Jul 30, 08:59 4
        
        yeah, i actually can't get upset about that if he's doing movie PR. Many many actors have a list of items they don't want brought up. - Andie Jul 30, 09:18
        
        But so what if it doesn't? It's not just something Cruise believes in - it's an organisation in which he has power and influence over how it operates. -- nm - Roger More Jul 30, 09:13 2
        
        Does it have power over the making of the film? I don't see why he can't separate them. Arrange a distinct interview to ask about it. -- nm - zork Jul 30, 09:19 1
        
        He won't ever, because it raises issues that he doesn't want to talk about. - Roger More Jul 30, 09:26
        
        One would think. -- nm - Spawn Jul 30, 08:58
- i feel like there could be something with "emotional baggage" plane-related. -- nm - Andie Jul 30, 08:37
- Tom Brady, Trump, Sarah Palin, Linda Tripp -- nm - budice Jul 30, 08:27
- Lions and Dentists and (???? fill in the blank ST), oh my! -- nm - ty97 Jul 30, 08:26 2
  - Secondhand Dentists -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 08:28
  - Lions and Dentists and Trumps! -- nm - TWuG Jul 30, 08:28
- Orthodontics and the Art of Lion Killing -- nm - TWuG Jul 30, 08:23
- Rouge Nation -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 08:18
- Crying in Baseball -- nm - ty97 Jul 30, 08:17 3
  - what is this about? should I know? -- nm - fabulous squad Jul 30, 08:22 2
    - here -- (link) - decline Jul 30, 08:23 1
      - without ST I wouldn't know about this -- nm - zork Jul 30, 08:25
- Trophy Dentists -- nm - ty97 Jul 30, 08:17
- Cecil The Lion For President! -- nm - TWuG Jul 30, 08:14
- The phone breakers. -- nm - sycor Jul 30, 08:13
- the Cincinnati Breastmilk Safari Guides -- nm - zork Jul 30, 08:11
- De plane, de plane!..wing -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 30, 08:09
- destroyed cellphone -- nm - Spawn Jul 30, 08:09
- kylie jenner is turning 18? -- nm - fabulous squad Jul 30, 08:08
- There's Crying In Baseball?! -- nm - Beryllium Jul 30, 08:07
- hmm, not a lot, and those aren't really fun to make fun of. Bennifer broke up? yeah, i got nothing, -- nm - Andie Jul 30, 08:06 3
  - Unbennifer (that's weak, but all I got on that one) -- nm - ty97 Jul 30, 08:18 2
    - Unconscious decoupling? (I'm getting worse) -- nm - ty97 Jul 30, 08:18 1
      - The Nanny Inquiries? -- nm - Andie Jul 30, 08:28
- Good Nanny Hunting -- nm - jangles Jul 30, 08:06
- 17th republican candidate? -- nm - fabulous squad Jul 30, 08:06
spamlet - for the first few months I lived here, I made meals based on what Will would eat (which wasn't much). - kelly Jul 30, 07:58 8
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  - He did in the beginning. He does not any more. -- nm - kelly Jul 30, 08:42 3
    - plus, I mean, to a certain extent I don't mind hearing his preferences now. I like my chili super spicy; it's too spicy for him. So, no biggie. We're - kelly Jul 30, 08:52 2
      - I have the opposite issue in that I like super spicy, but no one else can handle it here - Reagen Jul 30, 08:53 1
        
        That's the same issue as me. :) You're right, adding it in after the fact isn't the same. - kelly Jul 30, 08:59
  - yup -- nm - decline Jul 30, 08:30
- That sounds pretty familiar... - spamlet Jul 30, 08:00 1
  - I will still check with him sometimes before making something new (like last night). Generally things have gotten better in that he - kelly Jul 30, 08:18
Pats fans crack me up -- (link) - ML Jul 30, 07:55 4
- Jets fans, too! -- (link) - Spawn Jul 30, 08:39
- The guy in the red hat is running the wrong way -- nm - Jovian Jul 30, 08:04
- Seems kinda mean to have #75 running. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 30, 07:57 1
  - the first guy has it right though--lower your head and explode off the line -- nm* - ML Jul 30, 08:02
You had a phone, Will! You had options! -- nm - Reagen Jul 30, 07:47 1
- If I ordered pizza after that, I'm sure she'd divorce me and the judge would probably give her whatever in the split. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 30, 07:53
I went tv shopping last night. I hadn't seen 4k before and I was *blown away.* whose job was it to tell me about this?? -- nm - fabulous squad Jul 30, 07:47 1
- It is amazing isn't it? Reminds me of the first time I saw HDTV. I still don't think there is enough/any content yet to justify buying one yet. - Bacon Jul 30, 07:49
UC officer charged yesterday pleads not guilty. -- nm - Volnelk Jul 30, 07:44
"The CW is developing a 'hyper-stylized, gritty adaptation' of Little Women" - ML Jul 30, 07:43 1
- Depending on who is in it, I can dig it. -- nm - sycor Jul 30, 08:15
What iconic country singer sang the words "they're justified and they're ancient, and they like to roam the land"? -- nm - Mop Jul 30, 07:32 4
- Tammy Wynette - ty97 Jul 30, 07:38 1
  - 5 cookie points to you! -- nm - Mop Jul 30, 07:39
- Fred -- nm - decline Jul 30, 07:34 1
  - Durst? No. -- nm - Mop Jul 30, 07:39
Atlantic: "During the multi-country press tour for Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, not even Jon Stewart has dared ask Tom Cruise about Scientology." - ML Jul 30, 07:32 2
- When Pope Francis tours to promote his starring role in Jurassic World 2, are you going to be the one who asks about the priest sex abuse scandal? -- nm - Mop Jul 30, 07:38 1
  - I would hope someone would, especially someone as "respected" as Jon Stewart. -- nm - mud Jul 30, 07:43

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