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"BlueJays confirm hiring of Mark Shapiro as next president and CEO effective after the 2015 season." -- nm - ML Aug 31, 06:19
Uh oh. You guys have just summoned Dark Callisto. - David Aug 31, 06:13 3
- Thanks for pining me Saturday for the picks. I take it, per usual, the Astronauts are done and everyone else is still on the 2nd round? :) -- nm - oblique Aug 31, 06:23 1
  - Astros finished Saturday. Vamps finished yesterday. - Strongbad Aug 31, 06:25
- Important note in the Cavemen draft thread. Cavemen should read it. -- nm* - Dark Callisto Aug 31, 06:19
More Cousins confirmation -- (link) - ML Aug 31, 06:04 5
- Oh wow, I had missed the current drama and just googled. This is interesting (re: decision/trading) -- nm - MDH Aug 31, 06:26
- Given no one knows why RG3 passed/failed/has/had not/ a concussion, this isn't surprising. - Will Hunting Aug 31, 06:12 3
  - The funny part is that this personnell department was hired to clean up the previous messes. - David Aug 31, 06:16 2
    - They, like I'm sure at least 2-3 regimes prior to them thought they would be given the ability to run a pro football team - Will Hunting Aug 31, 06:26
    - Snyder has made it so I just don't care about watching them anymore. -- nm - MDH Aug 31, 06:18
Apparently last night was one of Maddon's pajama nights so Arrieta met with the press wearing a mustache onesie. -- (link) - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Aug 31, 06:03 1
- I saw him wearing it and was wondering what the F was going on. I thought he was just a weird guy. -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 06:07
NMB - Amanda - new pay per mile auto insurance for PA drivers - if you check this out - let me know what you think ok? -- (link) - JenBro Aug 31, 06:00
groiny, me Sceire -- nm - Beaker Aug 31, 05:46
Los Angeles strikes 2024 Olympic bid deal with USOC -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 31, 05:30
Top Jeb fundraisers leave campaign amid troubling signs -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 31, 05:27 16
- He's running the worst campaign of a major candidate I can remember. -- nm - ML Aug 31, 05:47 13
  - I don't remember Bob Dole doing anything wrong, but I think of the as equally unexciting. -- nm - Max Aug 31, 06:25
  - He's not even running the worst campaign this election: Scott Walker. Game over. -- nm - MDH Aug 31, 06:16 1
    - I was thinking Walker as well. Everyone was expecting him to take charge of the race and win the nomination. Right now he's being left behind and - Krusty Aug 31, 06:27
  - Rick Perry 2012? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 31, 05:59
  - Fred Thompson -- nm - David Aug 31, 05:52 5
    - *major* -- nm - ML Aug 31, 05:52 4
      - Dude, you were his most ardent supporter. -- nm - David Aug 31, 06:14 3
        
        I loved the idea of Fred, but I may have been the only supporter in hindsight. - ML Aug 31, 06:19 2
        
        Dark Callisto to the rescue! - Inigo Aug 31, 06:25 1
        
        Blah. Post fail. -- nm - Inigo Aug 31, 06:27
  - I dunno. McCain was broke in 2007 and seemed unlikely to make any run. Hillary stumbled her way to a competitive Iowa with John Edwards. - Will Hunting Aug 31, 05:51 2
    - Oh sure, not to say that he can't turn it around but thus far he's been worse than underwhelming. -- nm - ML Aug 31, 05:52 1
      - Just saying, these stories all hit every cycle -- he's the worst since ... Rick Perry couldn't count to 3. - Will Hunting Aug 31, 05:58
- At this point, no one looks good who's a viable candidate in either party. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 31, 05:37 1
  - Bernie 2016! -- nm - Krusty Aug 31, 05:45
Physicists looking hard for WIMPs -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 31, 05:22
GAH! Win 10 is talking to me and announcing EVERYTHING! How do I kill that voice with fire!? -- nm - TWuG Aug 31, 04:17 2
- Found it. Narrator. I have killed the Narrator with extreme prejudice. -- nm - TWuG Aug 31, 04:19 1
  - ~daisy daisy give me your answer do~ -- nm - Narrator Aug 31, 04:49
Sent draft card to Davids gmail. -- nm - Todd Manning Aug 31, 01:14
Now that Denali got its identity back, maybe Mt Rainier (named for some English Admiral they wanted to impress, never had a thing to do with it... - zeitgeist Aug 30, 23:21 11
- anyways, my brain farts aside, Tahoma or Tacoma wouldn't be nearly as cool as the name it had from Jan 31 to Feb 3, 2014 - crash davis Aug 31, 00:10 1
  - Judging by the pickup trucks I'm sure the tribes around here would go for that too -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 31, 11:12
- WIKI:...The current name was given by George Vancouver, who named it in honor of his friend, Rear Admiral Peter Rainier. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 31, 00:04
- i had a brain fart -- nm* - crash davis Aug 30, 23:57 6
  - and another brain fart -- nm* - crash davis Aug 30, 23:59 5
    - my memory is so bad, its like pixie talking football -- nm* - crash davis Aug 31, 00:00 4
      - post editing is the last refuge of scoundrels -- nm - jangles Aug 31, 00:11 2
        
        oh hell, there are plenty of refuges for scoundrels and I don't think post editing is the last one -- nm - crash davis Aug 31, 00:13 1
        
        for example, I'd take refuge in post editing before I'd take refuge in Billings, Montana ...so maybe Billings Montana is the last refuge -- nm - crash davis Aug 31, 00:15
      - way ahead of you -- nm - jangles Aug 31, 00:01
- it wasn't named after Grace Kelly?? -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 30, 23:51
"I know I had some doubts about him, especially after what Zingbot said..." nm - Dignan Aug 30, 23:14 1
- The cruelty of Austin towards his 18-month relationship in the real world is something I just can't relate to. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 30, 23:30
Ugh. Pretravel jitters. My nightmares tonight will be fun. -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 23:10
So i finally saw Ant-Man today, and i realized something: Donald Trump is a second-tier comic book villain. - howie Aug 30, 22:56
How have I been a serious baseball fan for over a decade and never hear of an eephus pitch? -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Aug 30, 22:35 1
- Shoulda been tossed. - Reagen Aug 30, 22:49
oof. the tail end of homeland season 1 is hard to watch. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 22:34
"President West" does have a nice ring to it. -- (edited) - Beryllium Aug 30, 22:23
It begins. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 30, 22:10 2
- I'll be there in 4 days. Take care of that nonsense for me. -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 23:07
- so that's where Loosi is! :) -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 30, 22:19
"I want Trump to start claiming things like he's eaten 1,000 bees in his life so we can see Scott Walker try to eat a bunch of bees." -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 22:06
When the zombie apocalypse comes, I'd be tempted to run for Beyr's island. He's closer. But ... - ReluctantCynic (Deputy Ruiner) Aug 30, 21:57 11
- Make sure you wall off Nanaimo first. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 22:07 2
  - Of all the places on the island where there might be a booming Krokodil trade, that is .. one of them. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 22:10 1
    - I'm sayin'. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 22:11
- you don't have to run all the way to Bery's island. just faster than the closest non-zombie -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 30, 22:02 1
  - item one on the zombie apocalypse survival list: "Make friends with some average americans" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 22:03
- There are about 800,000 people on my island. However ... there's a tiny little island near my house that is swimming distance away. - Beryllium Aug 30, 21:58 5
  - What is the circumference of the island? - ReluctantCynic (Deputy Ruiner) Aug 30, 22:05 3
    - What is your obsession with girth about? - Beryllium Aug 30, 22:09 2
      - Excellent. Small island it is. - ReluctantCynic (Deputy Ruiner) Aug 30, 22:12
      - wait maybe it was someone else who was talking girth before. sorry. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 22:09
  - What is the circumference of the island -- nm - ReluctantCynic (Deputy Ruiner) Aug 30, 22:04
The highway out of town has been shut 3 times in the last two days. Tonight's accident was a fatality between a motor home and a motorcycle. - Beryllium Aug 30, 21:42 10
- now they're projecting 7AM for the reopening -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 21:55
- Uhm... do you watch Fear the Walking Dead? -- nm - Spawn Aug 30, 21:50 1
  - Only the pilot so far :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 21:55
- was this a big holiday weekend? -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 30, 21:48 2
  - Perhaps a big vacation weekend, but not an official holiday. That would be next weekend. This weekend was stormy, though. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 21:49 1
    - not only did we have high winds and heavy rains, but they almost called a tornado..I'll post a news photo on FB -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 21:57
- I hate to break it to you, but you're on an island. You're trapped regardless. -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 21:45 1
  - But not if I have a boat! - Beryllium Aug 30, 21:46
- The motorhome never stood a chance. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 21:44 1
  - Corrected my typo. Anyway, apparently the motorhome blew a tire and then the nastiness happened. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 21:46
Oliver Sacks, Wes Craven, Wayne Dyer -- (link) - mud Aug 30, 21:08 2
- I enjoyed their frequent collaborations. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 21:19
- I thought the draft was over -- nm - jangles Aug 30, 21:18
China down 2.6% DOW Futures -200 -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Aug 30, 21:03 1
- I thought China caught that guy. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 21:18
Miley just dropped a new album -- (link) - Remlik Aug 30, 21:02 2
- Warning: Loud autoplay audio. -- nm - Qale Aug 30, 22:31
- Bold choice, naming it "Slipping the Nip" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 21:21
Peak Kanye -- (link) - jangles Aug 30, 20:51 2
- That is something. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 21:00 1
  - i wonder which girl in the front row was con carne's co-worker? (con leche) -- nm - jangles Aug 30, 21:55
"He overthinks things more than Seattle at the goal line." Second favorite fantasy football commercial of this year, so far - crash davis Aug 30, 20:47 3
- did they overthink it? i thought they were just terrible at running the plays -- nm - jangles Aug 30, 20:53 2
  - yes, pixie, that is why they were the defending Super Bowl champs who came within a yard of winning it again. They are terrible at running the plays -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 20:55 1
    - That last series they were - jangles Aug 30, 20:57
Well, I'm off to bed. When I wake up my Win 7 machine should be a Win 10 machine. - TWuG Aug 30, 20:36 3
- I haven't regretted the change so far -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 20:41 1
  - I am still on 7 watching and waiting -- nm - Bacon via Google Nexus 10 Aug 30, 21:01
- *feeds your machine after midnight* -- nm - Max Aug 30, 20:38
I get the feeling the discussion in the writer's room of Sleepy Hollow was "Great, we wrapped up our story and... wait, you want how many episodes?" -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 20:30 3
- ANOTHER SEASON?! -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 23:09
- Babylon 5 syndrome? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 20:34
- Indeed. -- nm - David Aug 30, 20:31
ancient Greek city found -- (link) - Peglegpete Aug 30, 20:27 1
- Turns out the tourists had taken a wrong turn in Bulgaria. But once they got back on track in Macedonia, they found Athens right away. -- nm - Mop Aug 30, 21:40
And there it was. Miley flash. -- nm - pmb Aug 30, 20:24 4
- Boobs or cooch? -- nm - jangles Aug 30, 20:28 1
  - Boob. It was actually a mistake, but it was bound to happen. -- nm - pmb Aug 30, 20:29
- "You think there's a man in America what ain't seen your bosom?" -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 20:28 1
  - I don't really understand why they bother bleeping at this point. -- nm - Max Aug 30, 20:37
If the oscars were the davids, oogieloves would win all the awards. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 20:17
I tried again. 2 episodes in to "Better off Ted". Laughed once at "Despair" - amoxy Aug 30, 20:12 7
- They're only 22 minute shows. Keep at it - you'll see. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 30, 21:36
- Not everyone! -- nm - kelly Aug 30, 20:50
- Next try Scrotal Recall -- nm - Dano Aug 30, 20:16
- The third and fourth episodes are the ones that if you don't enjoy them, you won't ever like it. -- nm - David Aug 30, 20:13 3
  - Agreed. "Racial Sensitivity" had me laughing hard. -- nm - Krusty Aug 30, 21:09 2
    - It's a top ten all time sitcom episode, IMO. -- nm - Tim Aug 30, 21:26 1
      - This. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 30, 21:34
Yeezus 2020 -- nm - budice Aug 30, 20:09
I wish Cillian Murphy worked more. -- nm - David Aug 30, 20:08 6
- Have you watched Peaky Blinders? -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 30, 20:23 2
  - No, I only heard about it in looking at his IMDB page tonight. -- nm - David Aug 30, 20:31 1
    - I highly recommend it, it's excellent! -- nm - IrishStephen Aug 30, 20:36
- he's in just about every Chris Nolan movie ever. -- nm - Remlik Aug 30, 20:16 2
  - What did he ever do to deserve that? -- nm - jangles Aug 30, 20:17 1
    - be awesome -- nm - Remlik Aug 30, 20:24
As for WAYF, did anyone think it would make any money? I read the description and made it the easiest short in a long time. -- nm - Volnelk, live from the County Courthouse Aug 30, 20:04
This kills the Efron. -- nm - Reagen Aug 30, 20:03 3
- Eh. It's essentially an indie that Warner's picked up and he has 3 films filming/in the can. Let's see how they do before the obituary. -- nm - Dano Aug 30, 20:13 2
  - Although he should probably do some gay porn just to be on the safe side. -- nm - Dano Aug 30, 20:17 1
    - For. Reals. -- nm - Pippy Aug 30, 20:21
So which is the better of the Theo/Jed trades.? Arietta and Strop for Scott Feldman or Rizzo for Andrew Cashner? -- nm - pmb Aug 30, 19:57 2
- Rizzo took more guts. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 30, 20:00 1
  - Arrietta was a guy who was going to figure it out maybe...but could easily have stayed enigmatic. - Will Hunting Aug 30, 20:02
I think T-Rich's run just a moment ago surpassed any one game total rushing he has last year -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 19:55
Crash! You have on inside track to get Ray Bans for only $24.99 a pair. Hook us all up with those real Ray Bans dude! -- nm - Bacon Aug 30, 19:52 13
- is that chick spamming my Facebook wall again? -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 19:53 12
  - Yes she is -- nm - Bacon Aug 30, 19:57 11
    - thanks, hopefully dealt with -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 20:06 10
      - why are you friending hot Russian Women? -- nm - Remlik Aug 30, 20:17 6
        
        every time I get a friend request from one of them, I get curious. What is the scam this time? -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 20:20 5
        
        sun glasses. -- nm - Remlik Aug 30, 20:32 2
        
        I should have used a colon and put the question in quotes :) -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 20:37 1
        
        Just trying to help out the Idaho people! -- nm - Remlik Aug 30, 21:11
        
        change your fb privacy rules to you have to approve of any tagging before it put on your wall and in everyone's newsfeed -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 30, 20:25 1
        
        And that said, it doesn't bother me. I thought it was funny -- nm - Bacon Aug 30, 20:28
      - Just to be clear, we are still going to need that code - Pippy Aug 30, 20:10 1
        
        :) -- nm - crash davis Aug 30, 20:36
      - Maybe you are underestimating your market value to peddle products. -- nm - Bacon Aug 30, 20:07

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