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Game of Thrones Casting News -- (link) - LMS Sep 8, 07:47
Jim Gilmore insists his campaign is real, and that is will eventually start... -- (link) - MDH Sep 8, 07:43
I secretly really want to see the visit. -- nm - fabulous squad Sep 8, 07:36 8
- I read a really bad review on the movie (spoilers?) - Con Connection Crow Sep 8, 07:48
- YAHTZEE!!! -- nm - Spawn Sep 8, 07:45
- me too. -- nm - Andie Sep 8, 07:44
- it looks pretty scary. -- nm - Diva Sep 8, 07:42 2
  - commercials for it creep me the F out -- nm* - Beaker Sep 8, 07:43 1
    - me too. that effin grandma... -- nm - Diva Sep 8, 08:13
- this has good buzz - I'm worried about my short -- nm - Pippy with a bustle Sep 8, 07:42 1
  - i am so long on this - i guess i should see where it is actually priced - but yeah, long. -- nm - Andie Sep 8, 07:44
Patriots response to the espn article -- (link) - Beaker Sep 8, 07:36 15
- Conveniently omits that one time they did pay a fine for videotaping the Jets. -- nm - Mop Sep 8, 07:50 2
  - filmed the Jets in the wrong location. - Mel Profit Sep 8, 07:59
  - Or the fact that the NFL destroyed all the evidence of them taping other teams, but decided to take away their first round pick. -- nm - Inigo Sep 8, 07:54
- Signed, Lance Armstrong. -- nm - Mop Sep 8, 07:43
- They reject our reality and substitute their own. -- nm - We Bare Barons Sep 8, 07:42
- Everybody else is lying. OK. -- nm - ML Sep 8, 07:40 5
  - so, why the retractions? -- nm - Diva Sep 8, 07:42 4
    - cause it could never be proven, and the only reports on it where circumstantial, therefore instead of being sued, places retracted. - Truman Sep 8, 07:44
    - This story did not accuse them of it, only mentioned the past accusation. -- nm - Spawn Sep 8, 07:43 2
      - "let's get everyone the Pats ever fired or beat and ask them to throw gas on the fire" -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 07:44 1
        
        yep -- nm - Diva Sep 8, 08:11
- They're like Lester Nygaard as a football team. -- nm* - David Sep 8, 07:39 2
  - No, Lester is actually likable. -- nm - Spawn Sep 8, 07:47
  - heh. did you finish season one already? -- nm - Jovian Sep 8, 07:45
- I like the bold type. -- nm - Spawn Sep 8, 07:39
September 8, 1966 – The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC. -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 07:28 5
- 1952 – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang. -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 07:29 4
  - 1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited. -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 07:29 3
    - 1504 – Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence. -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 07:29 2
      - 1888 – In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found. -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 07:30 1
        
        2014 - The second Ray Rice video is aired. -- nm - Spawn Sep 8, 07:30
Back from a crazy weekend, power went out and then I lost my SD card. - Con Connection Crow Sep 8, 07:18 5
- How did Princess Pee Pee Paws sleep in her accomodations? - Pippy with a bustle Sep 8, 07:21 4
  - I think she did alright, I hope she slept. She was awake this morning when I got her so *shrug* -- nm - Con Connection Crow Sep 8, 07:51
  - that is an odd nickname for roo -- nm - groiny Sep 8, 07:22 2
    - heh. there are a ton of nicknames for her sure - my fav being " go-rilla" - Pippy with a bustle Sep 8, 07:29 1
      - I like Chickita too. and MagillaKitty - Con Connection Crow Sep 8, 07:50
There’s a real NFL game in two days!!!!! -- nm - ML Sep 8, 07:17 4
- say what you will about Verizon, but their NFL Mobile app is pretty nice (it's countdown says 2days, 9hrs, 59min) -- nm - decline Sep 8, 07:29 1
  - NFL Mobile is great. -- nm - ML Sep 8, 07:30
- Are the balls going to be deflated? -- nm - Bacon Sep 8, 07:20 1
  - Positively turgid. -- nm - We Bare Barons Sep 8, 07:29
I was in the BBC Radio 1 lift when then DJ was discussing listening to Radio 1 in the Radio 1 lift. I couldn't cope with the meta-ness of it all. -- nm - LMS Sep 8, 07:10
Sam Smith has the "Spectre" title song. -- (link) - ML Sep 8, 07:06 24
- ~Well I won't Bond down. No I won't Bond down.~ -- nm - Sam Smith si Sep 8, 07:11
- meh. - Andie Sep 8, 07:08 22
  - I'd rather have Sheeran who sounds like he's got 15 different sounds at any given time. - Will Hunting Sep 8, 07:12 21
    - Ed Sheeran's too street. -- nm - ty97 Sep 8, 07:21 3
      - ha -- nm - Andie Sep 8, 07:29
      - heh -- nm - Diva Sep 8, 07:22
      - *laughing* -- nm - Pippy with a bustle Sep 8, 07:21
    - I am shocked that it is not Sheeran to be honest. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 8, 07:14 16
      - imo Smith's voice works a lot better than Sheeran's for a Bond theme. -- nm - Shaun Sep 8, 07:25 6
        
        Duran Duran did a Bond theme.... - groiny Sep 8, 07:28 2
        
        You know what they say ... live and learn. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 8, 08:09
        
        *shrug* -- nm - Shaun Sep 8, 07:29
        
        I honestly can't tell who Smith is...they play his stuff on the radio and I gloss over. - Will Hunting Sep 8, 07:26 2
        
        He's the exact opposite for me. His voice is incredibly distinct, imo. -- nm - Shaun Sep 8, 07:27 1
        
        yah, definitely not generic. -- nm - b! Sep 8, 08:02
      - Ed Sheeran's first album is brilliant. His second is such garbage, I'm sure it kept him far away from this project. -- nm - MDH Sep 8, 07:19 8
        
        What, x is garbage? - Will Hunting Sep 8, 07:25 6
        
        some people think he was pushed to change. they apparently never listened to much of his work beyond the hits. he always mixed things up some, at -- (edited) - b! Sep 8, 07:56 [Backboard]
        
        how many songs called " photograph" are there going to be? ugh. - Pippy with a bustle Sep 8, 07:30
        
        Sing and Don't are the pure result of 'Hey Ed you're hot right now. Let's fuck up your entire sound and make dance tunes!!!!' -- nm - Shaun Sep 8, 07:26 3
        
        Sing sounds like Timberlake so much I thought it was for months...Don't seems like an R&B solo singer - Will Hunting Sep 8, 07:31 1
        
        Go to Youtube and watch A-Team and Lego House. That's how he made his name, making songs like that. -- nm* - Shaun Sep 8, 07:32
        
        yes, but they are making dance/whatever versions of Sam smith songs now - Truman Sep 8, 07:30
        
        I am sure it is hard to sing while choking on all that vagina. nm -- nm - groiny Sep 8, 07:23
Amazon has a bunch of flash storage on sale if you need that sort of thing. -- (link) - spamlet Sep 8, 06:58 1
- I am! Thanks! (It's weird to me that 16GB isn't enough on my phone.) -- nm - JaxSean Sep 8, 07:22
Animal of the day - Harpy Eagle. Amazing looking -- (link) - Andie Sep 8, 06:52 5
- That reminded me. Remember that eagle photographed with Trump. It was from these guys. - GregW Sep 8, 06:58
- heh, it was used as part of an act we saw at the Biodome on Friday - spoilers -- (edited) - Beaker Sep 8, 06:56 2
  - not really? -- nm - Andie Sep 8, 06:57 1
    - no, just the name :) -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 06:58
- It looks like it will murder me in my sleep. -- nm - We Bare Barons Sep 8, 06:54
how many devices connected to the net when i am home? 13 - Truman Sep 8, 06:51 6
- did you get the email I sent you this morning? -- nm - Diva Sep 8, 07:10 5
  - i did. that sounds fancy, is there a dress code? - Truman Sep 8, 07:26 4
    - Dress code for EMC at Fenway: - Diva Sep 8, 07:30 3
      - thats like everything under the sun. I must wear neat and clean dress slacks, kahki pants, dress jeans or shorts. - Truman Sep 8, 07:32 2
        
        sounds like the only things you *can't* wear are wifebeaters and skorts. But then again, why would you? :) -- nm* - Diva Sep 8, 07:33 1
        
        well, i mean, sometimes I guy just wants to relax and let his southern side come out. - Truman Sep 8, 07:39
Movies From This Weekend: The Gunman - D+, Unbroken: C+ -- nm - MDH Sep 8, 06:49 22
- Blunt Talk - Episodes 1 & 2: A - Spawn Sep 8, 07:36
- Human Target season 1: B+ (Guerrero: A+) - Beaker Sep 8, 07:32 1
  - he was a fantastic character -- nm - groiny Sep 8, 07:39
- I started watching Public Enemies. I can't remember if I finished it (which means I probably didn't) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 8, 07:26 4
  - I tried to watch Amazing Spider Man 2. I got about 25 minutes into it and just couldn't continue. -- nm - Diva Sep 8, 07:32 3
    - Go back and watch the *real* number 2. The subway sequence may be my fav of *any* super hero movie to date. -- nm - Spawn Sep 8, 07:41 1
      - The bad thing is that the CGI in that sequence hasn't aged very well. It's still a great scene though. -- nm - Shaun Sep 8, 07:43
    - yeah it was terrible -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 07:33
- Kingsman - B+ (fun movie) -- nm - decline Sep 8, 07:25
- A Single Man - D. -- nm - pmb Sep 8, 07:19 2
  - This is so, so wrong. -- nm - MDH Sep 8, 07:19 1
    - I hated it after about the first 20 minutes. And I'll acknowledge off the bat that it's not my kind of film. - pmb Sep 8, 07:24
- Laggies : B+. -- nm - groiny Sep 8, 07:18
- Penny Serenade: B+, Mrs. Parkington (again): B+, Now, Voyager: A, J. Edgar: C-, John Wick: C, Neighbors: B+, A Night at the Opera: B+ -- nm - Diva Sep 8, 07:13
- song of the sea: pretty okay but I hate animation. bojack horseman (end of season 2): same. entourage season 3, eps 6 and 7: kind of the same, weirdly - fabulous squad Sep 8, 07:13 3
  - I was surprised when you asked about Song. The sacrifices you make... -- nm - spamlet Sep 8, 07:17 2
    - I think I may be forced to watch despicable me soon*. I mean, it's not going to kill me so why not, right? -- nm - fabulous squad Sep 8, 07:26 1
      - i really, really don't think it's possible (unless you're MDH) -- nm - spamlet Sep 8, 07:30
- The Gift B -- nm - amoxy Sep 8, 07:03
- Eps 4-9 of the last season of Parenthood: A - spamlet Sep 8, 07:03
- A Night at the Opera...Comedy A...Singing...Unbearable. - Mel Profit Sep 8, 07:01
- Bury the Ex D, Black Hat C+, Texas Rising B, Straight out of Compton A- -- nm - Pippy with a bustle Sep 8, 07:01
Funny/interesting story from the weekend. My former landlady called me to try to figure out a cost basis for a stock. - We Bare Barons Sep 8, 06:48 7
- I make myself sick in realizing how much the $1k I wanted to invest in Dec 1997 would be worth. - Will Hunting Sep 8, 06:54 4
  - In 95 I inherited about $2,000 from an old trust fund, I bought a used car.... -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 8, 14:42
  - Just think of how many more web connected devices you could have!!! -- nm - Shaun Sep 8, 07:02
  - It traded mostly sideways for the better part of 4 years after the great Y2K washout. - We Bare Barons Sep 8, 07:00 1
    - I think my adjusted price would be about 45 cents a share. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 8, 07:11
- barely worth the trouble. -- nm - Reagen Sep 8, 06:50 1
  - Yup. I don't think she had any idea it would be that low. -- nm - We Bare Barons Sep 8, 06:53
We shouldn't be surprised that people that hang out on an internet message board break the curve on connected devices. - spamlet Sep 8, 06:41 8
- 4 iPhones, 4 iPads, 2 Kindle Fire, 3 Kindles (2 are older and mothballed), 4 desktop PCs, 3 laptops, Nest and Protect, Tivo, AppleTV, Roku (rarely - oblique Sep 8, 07:43
- 3 phones, 3 Laptops, 2 IPads, 2 Ipod Touch, 1 Samsung Tab, Xbox, WiiU, Wii, 2 Chromecast, 1 Fire TV, 1 Desktop PC, 1 printer -- nm - Inigo Sep 8, 06:49 1
  - Forgot the Kindle, too. -- nm - Inigo Sep 8, 06:50
- for 3 people right? - decline Sep 8, 06:46 1
  - how do you like your alarm clock thingy? I always wanted one of those. -- nm - fabulous squad Sep 8, 07:08
- Oh, and znu reminded me below about our printer. -- nm - spamlet Sep 8, 06:44 1
  - And my daughter's Kano and the old Raspberry Pi that I need to figure out something to do with. -- nm - spamlet Sep 8, 06:55
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Assuming everything is on, I count 10 devices in our house that connect to the webz, -- nm - Shaun Sep 8, 06:39 25
- phone ipad tv roku apple tv wii kindle xbox. note: ipad and will are not currently in use. I guess not the xbox so much either. -- nm - fabulous squad Sep 8, 07:04 1
  - (and echo) -- nm - fabulous squad Sep 8, 07:05
- if I count everything that could be connected but isn't usually on, I'm at 17. -- nm - Reagen Sep 8, 06:52 2
  - (and I'm assuming the router doesn't count) -- nm - Reagen Sep 8, 06:58
  - In theory, I could count my tv but it needs a wired connection so it's not hooked up. -- nm* - Shaun Sep 8, 06:55
- Roku, Blu Ray, TV, Nook, Kindle, WiiU, 2 Phones, Mac Mini, Laptop -- nm - MDH Sep 8, 06:49
- I count *22* (and I might be forgetting something) - Dark Callisto Sep 8, 06:46 11
  - Jebus! -- nm - Krusty Sep 8, 06:46
  - Oops - yes. Kindle Paperwhite (takes it to 23). -- nm - Dark Callisto Sep 8, 06:46 9
    - Two Blu-Ray players. - David Sep 8, 06:48 8
      - echo, too. -- nm - fabulous squad Sep 8, 07:05 5
        
        She mentioned that one, though. -- nm - David Sep 8, 07:17
        
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        echo -- (link) - fabulous squad Sep 8, 07:10 2
        
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        You should get one. They're amazing. - David Sep 8, 07:17
      - Dont you also have Chromecast or Fire TV? -- nm - budice Sep 8, 06:50 1
        
        Currently no. My brother has our Chromecast. -- nm - David Sep 8, 06:52
- 6, if you include our wifi-enabled printer - znufrii Sep 8, 06:43
- I only count 4 -- (edited) - amoxy Sep 8, 06:42
- the most we could have, including a desktop we never use (but Dave won't get rid of) would be 5. -- nm - Andie Sep 8, 06:39 4
  - PC, laptop, 2 Kobos, 4 phones, and 3 consoles. -- nm - Shaun Sep 8, 06:41 2
    - i have an e-reader and a wii, but they are in a box in the closet, i didn't count them. -- nm - Andie Sep 8, 06:53
    - PC, laptop(old, never used), two phones and one console. -- nm - Krusty Sep 8, 06:44
  - Same for me -- nm - Krusty Sep 8, 06:39
"Falcons will announce today 10-year agreement to host SEC title game at their new stadium starting in 2017." -- nm - ML Sep 8, 06:36 3
- (LYC: Can't wait till 2017. We're playing the Vols to kick off college football in the new Falcons stadium) -- nm - Strongbad Sep 8, 06:41
- Montee Ball clears waivers, now an unrestricted FA. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 8, 06:38 1
  - Titans reportedly interested in FA Jonas Gray. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 8, 06:39
re: B2 Destiny 2.0: Patch doesn't rollout til ~10am Pacific, so all usual weekly reset activities are live for now. -- nm - Shaun Sep 8, 06:35
if you ain't cheatin' you ain't tryin' -- nm - Beaker Sep 8, 06:34
Happy Birthday Coolio!! Woo-hoo! -- nm - Diva Sep 8, 06:32 1
- Gotta gotta get up to get down -- nm - ML Sep 8, 06:35

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