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Hulu announces ad-free plan. $4 more a month. - Ender Sep 2, 09:55
You should see the front page of the Vancouver Sun this morning. Giant red fonts. -- (link) - Mop Sep 2, 09:53
Weird...CBS sportsline has started up a fan duel type of site...called Sportsline. -- nm - Flavorize Sep 2, 09:52
Who ordered rain? Unacceptable vacation weather! - ty97 Sep 2, 09:48 1
- Make sure to take at least a nickel! -- nm - decline Sep 2, 09:49
One Direction! T-Minus 3 sleeps -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 09:46
Actor Dylan Baker and his family were in that NYC hi-rise fire Ty posted about - jangles Sep 2, 09:45 1
- He apparently tried to rescue the elderly lady (in critical condition) but the flames were too much and he retreated. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 2, 09:47
In case you miss out on some Year 1 exotics. -- (link) - Shaun Sep 2, 09:44
This is a fair point in the Elba/Bond debate. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 2, 09:41
Destiny maintenance tomorrow at 8am Pacific. Expected completion is 2pm. -- nm - Shaun Sep 2, 09:40 2
- Will you go through withdrawal? -- nm - decline Sep 2, 09:48 1
  - Since I'll be at work, probably not :) -- nm - Shaun Sep 2, 09:55
My parents have nothing to read. No gadgets to play with. How do they travel? - Mop Sep 2, 09:30 4
- Zzzzzzz' -- nm - oblique Sep 2, 09:48
- when you're not looking they're posting everything you say to a chat board. -- nm - Diva Sep 2, 09:42
- they probably do this strange thing called conversing -- nm - decline Sep 2, 09:33
- looking at the landscape? -- nm - groiny Sep 2, 09:31
LYC, hopefully the final update. The Whitened Kitty is home. - Spawn Sep 2, 09:29 2
- Yay!!! -- nm - Krusty Sep 2, 09:52
- Whoo! -- nm - Shaun Sep 2, 09:33
Calgary police find and return stolen car...Hooray! Leave cocaine, knife, 4 stolen IDs, crack pipe and gun in it for the owner... -- (link) - Beaker Sep 2, 09:25 2
- Thank god nothing was stolen! -- nm - Rob Ford Sep 2, 09:58
- "All in a day's work, Citizen." -- nm - Beryllium Sep 2, 09:38
The bathroom repaint just became another repair. The patch on the part of the wall where the toiletpaper holder goes fell back into the wall as I - TWuG Sep 2, 09:25
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- I think her beliefs are sincere, heartfelt, but theologically unsound and with quite a few blindspots. - ReluctantCynic Sep 2, 09:32 11
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    - Well, let's double-check the words we're using then. - ReluctantCynic Sep 2, 09:46 3
      - I think she makes a mockery of religion. - Reagen Sep 2, 10:12
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      - Her actions as County Clerk are degrading to those she is obligated to serve and she is making a mockery of herself, her professed religious beliefs, - TWuG Sep 2, 09:53
    - It was intended in the broader sense, actually. - znufrii Sep 2, 09:45 4
      - The "Get Out of Sin Free" card? -- nm - TWuG Sep 2, 09:46 3
        
        do...do they have those? -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 09:47 2
        
        They're called "Indulgences." :-) -- (link) - ReluctantCynic Sep 2, 09:50 1
        
        and they're *expensive*! -- nm - Diva Sep 2, 09:51
    - Mockery as in farce -- nm - Reagen Sep 2, 09:38
- I responded to you on B2. -- nm - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Sep 2, 09:25 19
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    - bottom line: I'm asking people to tone it down and whether you respect that or not I guess is your choice. -- nm - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Sep 2, 09:43
    - One example. -- (link) - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Sep 2, 09:33 [Backboard] 15
      - I think if you are reading that as a mocing of *your* religious beliefs, you may be reading WAY too much into it. -- nm - TWuG Sep 2, 09:37 8
        
        I dunno man, if he feels offended by it, who are we to tell him he is wrong? -- nm - groiny Sep 2, 09:40 7
        
        Groiny's right. - David Sep 2, 09:54 2
        
        He has a point, but there are no absolutes in this. - Roger More Sep 2, 10:01
        
        years of people drilling this into my head might have had *some* effect. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 2, 09:55
        
        He's free to be offended. We don't have to take his offense seriously if it appears particularly thin-skinned. -- nm - TWuG Sep 2, 09:44
        
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        which is why it is hilarious to me that you also do not see it when the shoe is on the other foot. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 2, 09:45 1
        
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        Not just her -- nm - znufrii Sep 2, 09:57
        
        More importantly, mocking the rationale she is using in her own defense. It's interesting that the "let he who is without sin" part of - TWuG Sep 2, 09:42
        
        that was my take -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 09:37
        
        I can see that going both ways, honestly. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 2, 09:36 1
        
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  - and I responded to you. -- nm - Diva Sep 2, 09:27
- I think it is more likely that she is using religion as an excuse to be a jagoff. - groiny Sep 2, 09:17
someone stole my bag out of conference room 220 (other building) yesterday. my wallet was with me so it had nothing actually valuable in it except - fabulous squad Sep 2, 09:14 2
- are you walking around eyeballing everyone elses bag to see if it's yours? -- nm - decline Sep 2, 09:15
- people suck -- nm - Pippy with a bustle Sep 2, 09:15
Conversations with my mom... - Mop Sep 2, 09:14 4
- tell her all the Chinese people ate them -- nm - decline Sep 2, 09:14 3
  - dang -- nm* - Diva Sep 2, 09:24
  - you are so bad -- nm - Pippy with a bustle Sep 2, 09:15 1
    - I'm just glad my mom didn't say it. -- nm - Mop Sep 2, 09:29
International Federation of Film Critics has voted Mad Max: Fury Road the best film of the year -- (link*) -- (link*) -- (link*) -- (link*) - ML Sep 2, 09:14 13 1
- crazy. It's ok, but no way is it great overall. -- nm - JaxSean Sep 2, 09:23
- So....best film of the year and they pick the mid point of the year as their eligibility? - Will Hunting Sep 2, 09:18 1
  - Bonus Shaun points for teh in the IM. -- nm - Shaun Sep 2, 09:19
- That's a half measure until we can have it declared the Best Thing in the History of Ever. -- nm - Reagen Sep 2, 09:16 1
  - Outvoting: the printing press, the internal combustion engine, gravity, the wheel, and Jesus. -- nm - ML Sep 2, 09:18
- Interesting edit bug I've discovered, Bery! -- nm - ML Sep 2, 09:16 2
  - Yes, thank you :) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 2, 09:37 1
    - I purposefully edited it a few extra times to see how many times I could make it show up. -- nm - ML Sep 2, 09:40
- I really hope this wins an Oscar in something. -- nm - Loyola Sep 2, 09:16 2
  - the first recipient of the 'Explosions Oscar' -- nm - decline Sep 2, 09:17 1
    - Heh. I need to watch it again. It's like a drug. -- nm - Loyola Sep 2, 09:20
- New Years Day came so quickly -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 09:15
- *looks at calendar* -- nm - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Sep 2, 09:15
Soccer practice tonight and I have no idea what drills to do for my U6 Ospreys. I need to hit up youtube soccer drills. -- nm - CQ Sep 2, 09:11 8
- as long as no one eats grass at that age it is a success -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 09:15
- "Everyone run this way" and point. If everyone does it, you've had a good practice. -- nm - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Sep 2, 09:14
- The cone drill is always a solid skill builder -- nm - jangles Sep 2, 09:13
- time to work on the bicycle kicks. -- nm - Reagen Sep 2, 09:13
- 6 year olds? Run the weave drill (like in basketball). - decline Sep 2, 09:13 3
  - My team is pretty good skill wise. Pinch is the kid playing in the dirt -- nm - CQ Sep 2, 09:16 2
    - Put him in goal, coach! -- nm - decline Sep 2, 09:23 1
      - *gets tangled up in the netting* (not P{inch but pretty much every kid in net under 8) -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 09:26
August saw Trout finish with a 102 wRC+, which rather hilariously is perfectly fine, but it's not fine for him, and it comes with a .218 avg and 1 HR. -- (edited) - Will Hunting Sep 2, 09:06 2
- The As may have traded away this year's AL MVP last offseason. - ML Sep 2, 09:08 1
  - Hey, he was going to make $5million this year! There's no way you can justify that when you are giving Billy Butler 10mil! -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 2, 09:16
"New York Super Week" is apparently New York's attempt to turn their Comic-con into a San Diego style geeky cluster fuck. -- nm - Mop Sep 2, 09:04
Conversations with my mom... - Mop Sep 2, 08:59 1
- "Moops" -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 09:04
I got chicken pox when I was 30. My wife was also 5 months pregnant and we were moving the day after I was diagnosed. It also happend to be the date - pmb Sep 2, 08:58 11
- That's a party story. Punch it up a bit. It's pretty solid. -- nm - Mop Sep 2, 09:07 9
  - How about this one. We had paid movers to pack us. We'd never done that before. They packed *everything*. After they left I realized that they had - pmb Sep 2, 09:09 8
    - There's the punchline! -- nm - Mop Sep 2, 09:15
    - ... And then German terrorists took over my law firm's building at the Christmas party -- nm - jangles Sep 2, 09:12 3
      - Now I have a monocle. Ho Ho Ho. -- nm - Hans Gruber si Sep 2, 09:30 1
        
        + -- nm - emoticripple Sep 2, 09:46
      - They packed the cat! -- nm - Mop Sep 2, 09:16
    - "When Job Moved" -- nm - Diva Sep 2, 09:12
    - geebus -- nm - Pippy with a bustle Sep 2, 09:11 1
      - It was quite a day. -- nm - pmb Sep 2, 09:13
- "just shoot me and let me float away" -- nm - groiny Sep 2, 09:05
Conversations with my mom... - Mop Sep 2, 08:57
Just saw a HMV in Vancouver. Apparently that's still a thing. -- nm - Mop Sep 2, 08:54
I want to watch more episodes of Narcos on Netflix. But if I do, I'll be closer to finishing the season and have nothing else to watch. - Loyola Sep 2, 08:50 9
- Suits -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 08:55 5
  - I gave up Suits. -- nm - Loyola Sep 2, 09:04 4
    - I wish we had. -- nm - David Sep 2, 09:05 3
      - I got out after they had a mock trial about a cat. The faux earnestness was suffocating. -- nm - Loyola Sep 2, 09:14 1
        
        Mikado belongs with Lewis!! -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 09:38
      - They definitely displeased me this past season. -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 2, 09:08
- Bojack Horseman. -- nm - We Bare Barons Sep 2, 08:54 2
  - Never heard of that. -- nm - Loyola Sep 2, 09:04 1
    - That's a good thing, though. It means the recommendations are breaking new ground! -- nm - Beryllium Sep 2, 09:36
hey, someone on the internet agreed with me! -- (link) - Truman Sep 2, 08:40 1
- I liked one article I read that said the Rams should sign him to a 1 day contract so he can retire as a Ram when the skins cut him -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 08:41
Cavemen are done!! -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 08:34 5
- (Steaks are done, cavemen are finished) -- nm - jangles Sep 2, 08:36
- see, it only took us like a week longer, because we are smart and think things through more. - Truman Sep 2, 08:35 3
  - right, we wait so we get more news of injuries -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 08:36
  - finished a day sooner than last year's draft, iirc. -- nm - znufrii Sep 2, 08:36 1
    - I think that is thanks to Dark Callisto -- nm - Beaker Sep 2, 08:36
PSA for Chicago STers -- My friend's show, Hit and Match, opens tomorrow night at the Chicago Fringe -- (link) - znufrii Sep 2, 08:32
must.stop.looking.at.sexy.photo.of.model.X. - Truman Sep 2, 08:32 1
- Check out the Jaguar xf. -- nm - Loyola Sep 2, 08:47
i really just want to go home and lay on the couch and read my book all afternoon. maybe drink mint tea. - Andie Sep 2, 08:31 21
- Seriously. I need a vacation. I'm looking forward to 2 long weekends in a row, but I don't think it will be the same as a good solid week off. -- nm - pmb Sep 2, 09:03 1
  - I have found that 4 days in a row is the minimum to actually feel like a solid vacation/rested -- nm - Pippy with a bustle Sep 2, 09:12
- calgon take her away -- nm - CQ Sep 2, 09:01
- "sick time isn't limited." - I think you feel sick and should go home -- nm - decline Sep 2, 08:37 1
  - you have great ideas. -- nm - Diva Sep 2, 08:38
- Yes, the last few weeks have been the suck. I would like nothing more than this right now. -- nm - spamlet, Reigning Blood Feud Champion Sep 2, 08:35 1
  - you should leave now and grab the kidlet and go to a baseball game! -- nm - decline Sep 2, 08:46
- nope. I would do the same if there weren't this thing in my life called 'a mortgage'. -- nm - Diva Sep 2, 08:33 5
  - "72 hours of sick time" - that's 9 days! -- nm - decline Sep 2, 08:39 3
    - heh! -- (edited) - Diva Sep 2, 08:40 2
      - The Irish flu ain't easy to deal with -- nm - CQ Sep 2, 09:07 1
        
        for reals -- nm - Diva Sep 2, 09:54
  - TIL: Diva uses weird pet names for mel. -- nm - Shaun Sep 2, 08:34
- no. i want the same thing. -- nm - Truman Sep 2, 08:32 4
  - You have 4 exta days of vacation unscheduled! Use one! -- nm - decline Sep 2, 08:39 3
    - i'm in boston, "going home" to read a book is a lot harder to do for me this week and next. -- nm - Truman Sep 2, 08:40 2
      - home is where you lay your head at night. -- nm - decline Sep 2, 08:45 1
        
        naw, thats usually a bed. this place doesnt feel like home. - Truman Sep 2, 08:49
- what are you reading? peppermint or spearmint? -- nm - fabulous squad Sep 2, 08:32 2
  - Audrey Niffenegger "Her Fearful Symmetry." Spearmint, i think, -- nm - Andie Sep 2, 08:57
  - I've been drinking fennel tea lately - decline Sep 2, 08:44
Donair soup? Donair Soup! -- (link) - Beaker Sep 2, 08:30 1
- those are like gyros, right? I wonder how the soup tastes -- nm - decline Sep 2, 08:43

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