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Ran an errand earlier. Passed through 59th/Lex on the 6. Was nowhere near Times Square when I did. -- nm - ty97 Sep 14, 17:16 2
- Good - no bedbugs. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 17:20 1
  - People who make claims for bed bugs get paid bank -- nm - Pippy Sep 14, 17:27
Important and urgent update: - Reagen Sep 14, 17:14 [Image] 4
- were they possibly missing on purpose? -- nm - b. Sep 14, 17:16
- Congrats, but like, that wasn't the first place you looked? -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 17:16 1
  - They are always found in the last place you look. -- nm - Bacon Sep 14, 17:18
- *nodding* -- nm - ML Sep 14, 17:15
Whoa -- (link) - ML Sep 14, 17:12
Julio -- (link) - ML Sep 14, 17:01 [Image] 1
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Odell Beckham Jr. needs a cat. -- nm - David Sep 14, 16:57 2
- I love! That commercial -- nm - Pippy Sep 14, 17:01 1
  - what's it for, please? -- nm - b. Sep 14, 17:07
Bout friggin time -- (link) - ML Sep 14, 16:52 5
- Congrats NSA, you finally got one! -- nm - ty97 Sep 14, 17:15
- Their search history is full of... WTF? Mail-order American brides?! -- nm - Mop Sep 14, 16:58
- Dammit, Boris! Take the Commodore 64 off the modem! I'm expecting a call! -- nm - Mop Sep 14, 16:58
- Another 5 years and they would have computerized all their nuclear launch codes! -- nm - Mop Sep 14, 16:57
- Now how will they play Tetris! -- nm - Mop Sep 14, 16:57
Destiny Year 1 VIP items are available at the respective kiosks. -- nm - Shaun Sep 14, 16:50 1
- Where? I thought you had to complete TTK? -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 17:09
Okay, I'm here. What's the score. BTW I found out yesterday Chip Kelly hired my wife's cousin the one that played for Oregon. - Bacon Sep 14, 16:48 7
- Nice! -- nm - Mop Sep 14, 16:56 1
  - Chip is a redass at times, but the guy is super loyal if you earn it. And if you don't? Off you go -- nm - Bacon Sep 14, 16:59
- Hired him as a palyer or coach or what? -- nm - eag Sep 14, 16:50 4
  - Here, it's better to read it. It's an undefined position. - Bacon Sep 14, 16:54 3
    - Fluffer. -- nm - Spawn Sep 14, 16:55 2
      - Basicly makes sure that the Pats arnt messing with there balls -- nm - eag Sep 14, 17:01
      - :) -- nm - Bacon Sep 14, 16:55
so far, it's the defensive onslaught we all thought it would be -- nm - ML Sep 14, 16:42
panda break! nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 14, 16:39 2
- Much better than kitten break -- nm - jangles Sep 14, 16:41 1
  - editorial commentary on your post. nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 14, 16:44
That was a stunning interception. - David Sep 14, 16:37
holy carp Kiko -- nm - ML Sep 14, 16:35
*ML splurt* -- nm - Strongbad Sep 14, 16:32 2
- heh, on your bench. -- nm - Strongbad Sep 14, 16:32 1
  - I'll take him being healthy and productive over anything -- nm - ML Sep 14, 17:04
Fun fact: Billy Devaney, the GM who selected Sam Bradford No. 1, is now a scout for the Falcons. - ML Sep 14, 16:23 1
- He was working for us right before he got the Rams gig, too. - David Sep 14, 16:39
I stumbled over this youtube channel looking for a good video on Surströmming ... it's a pretty entertaining show. -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 14, 16:16 [youtube] 3
- I like them in small doses on that channel, but they've had some really amusing things on a second (less busy) channel - I rec the coffee video. -- (link) - b. Sep 14, 16:21 [youtube] 1
  - (also the ocd one - some food-sorters here might appreciate.) -- nm - b. Sep 14, 16:23
- e.g., "Giant Bowl of Cereal Bath" -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 14, 16:19 [youtube]
ML: 1, Bag of Harvest Cheddar Sunchips: 0. - ML Sep 14, 16:10 7
- the Garden Salsa ones are weapons-grade. -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 16:21
- mm, textured cheesy snacks. (er, danger! danger!) that reminds me: new-to-me snack report. annie's extra cheesy bunnies are less cheesy than their - b. Sep 14, 16:19 3
  - have you tried the "BIG" cheez it crackers yet? I had a box last week - really good. - JenBro Sep 14, 16:34 1
    - danger! alas, no. too risky/salt-y-for-me. the last cheese crackers before the annie's were some star wars cheez-its. -- nm - b. Sep 14, 16:37
  - Good to know -- nm - Pippy Sep 14, 16:26
- I'm happy for you, buddy -- nm - prayformojo Sep 14, 16:12 1
  - even the crumbs tbh -- nm - ML Sep 14, 16:14
If you read only one post on this board, please make it this one -- nm - jangles Sep 14, 16:09
Would you call the Kansas City Star a conservative or liberal newspaper? Because they ran an op-ed calling the NRA repugnant. -- (link) - Mop Sep 14, 16:07 3
- Really? The smugness and condescension wasn't a tip off? - IrishStephen Sep 14, 16:17 1
  - So, it *is* conservative? - David Sep 14, 16:19
- Liberal. -- nm - iSpam Sep 14, 16:10
The trailer to Hardcore isn't nearly as gimmicky as I expected. Looks worth watching. -- nm - Mop Sep 14, 16:03 1
- Collider liked the movie. -- (link) - Mop Sep 14, 16:05
PBS tonight on American Experience: Walt Disney. part 2 is tomorrow night. 9p e/w -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 14, 16:01 2
- F*cking PBS can't maintain a consistent schedule to save their lives. -- nm - Mop Sep 14, 16:02 1
  - my local PBS changes a lot of the networks schedule. I dislike them a lot. -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 14, 16:04
The NFL is *back* -- (link) - ML Sep 14, 15:59 1
- ack! -- nm - b. Sep 14, 16:07
Is Project Greenlight worth watching? Have any of the films they've centered on ever amounted to anything? -- nm - prayformojo Sep 14, 15:59 18
- I liked it....but man did Damon come off really bad last night.... - Remlik Sep 14, 16:04 17
  - He'll be making an apology tour for that. I wonder how it ever made it past edit? -- nm - ty97 Sep 14, 17:00 6
    - either because not everyone can get what's wrong there or some people involved totally do and wanted it out there. - b. Sep 14, 17:03 5
      - I would love it if her realized after the fact that he erred and chose to show it anyway, but have doubts. -- nm - ty97 Sep 14, 17:08 4
        
        that might be what he was trying to do with the addition mentioned in what I linked, but all it shows to me is that he still didn't get it. -- nm - b. Sep 14, 17:15
        
        yeah. me too. he messed up and it's disappointing. Glad the conversation is happening though. -- nm - Diva Sep 14, 17:12 2
        
        None of us are perfect always, I've certainly said/done things (and will in the future) that in hindsight I regretted. - ty97 Sep 14, 17:17 1
        
        agreed I mess up all the time. I hope i learn from the mistakes and can pull something positive from the faux pas. -- nm* - Diva Sep 14, 17:25
  - made me look - spoils here. ugh. nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 14, 16:55 2
    - #Damonsplaining is trending on Twitter. -- nm - Tim Sep 14, 16:56 1
      - that is *perfect*! -- nm - b. Sep 14, 16:59
  - What happened? -- nm - David Sep 14, 16:52 2
    - spoils... -- (link) - Remlik Sep 14, 16:54 [youtube] 1
      - there's more to it in the full episode than that -- nm - Remlik Sep 14, 16:56
  - yes he did. -- nm - Diva Sep 14, 16:43 3
    - How is that even possible? - Pippy Sep 14, 16:45 2
      - spoils.... - Remlik Sep 14, 16:53 [youtube] 1
        
        Yikes -- nm - Pippy Sep 14, 17:26
Bezos is going to launch people into space. -- (link) - ML Sep 14, 15:56 2
- To the moon, Alice -- nm - jangles Sep 14, 16:11
- Man it sucks to work at Amazon. -- nm - Mop Sep 14, 16:03
It is hard to find non nonsense levels, but Super Mario Maker is the best game I've played in 4 years. -- nm - Qale As Folk Sep 14, 15:47
doom alert P: bubonic plague reported in michigan. (isolate jenbro, quick!) nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 14, 15:43
Busey Poppins -- (link) - Beryllium Sep 14, 15:36 5
- 3 seconds later, that bird was eaten. -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 15:46 1
  - So no re-tweet then? -- nm - Roger More Sep 14, 15:47
- dear todd spence: asking people to retweet something, when it's not for, like, garnering support, is icky and makes you look bad. -- nm - b. Sep 14, 15:38 2
  - I think he does it at a joke, because he does it a lot for this exact level of investment. :-) -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 15:49 1
    - ah, ok. I see others doing it in notsojokey ways, ick. -- nm - b. Sep 14, 15:57
"I won't let you blemish the sanctity of marriage" -- (link) - Covington Sep 14, 15:31 [youtube] 3
- And that's how you know opponents of SSM have lost. -- nm - TWuG Sep 14, 16:49
- heh -- nm - JenBro Sep 14, 15:35
- :) -! -- nm - b. Sep 14, 15:33
Anyone else seen the trailer to Burnt yet? It played at No Escape when I saw it on Sunday afternoon ... I'm not sure yet what I think of it. I want - JenBro Sep 14, 15:26
heh, working through the snmfpl, and I see "peanut butter jelly" by T.I., young thug, and young dro. - b. Sep 14, 15:24 1
- on the opposite side of profane music - this made me smile. nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 14, 15:40
Scott Walker "Says His New Plan Would Eliminate Federal Labor Unions". - Mop Sep 14, 15:18
Here comes Congress for DFS -- (link) - ML Sep 14, 15:11 27
- Supposedly quant jocks can game the stats to win far more than the average schlub - jangles Sep 14, 15:17 4
  - The article ML posted last week claims that virtually ALL the money is being won by sharks/quants -- nm - rollo Sep 14, 15:21 3
    - Here's the money quote if you don't want to read the whole article -- (edited) - rollo Sep 14, 15:29
    - So more like the blackjack players who memorize the odds charts -- (link) - jangles Sep 14, 15:25 1
      - More like math PHDS who work for hedge funds and use weather algorithms to know when is a good time to short wheat futures -- nm - rollo Sep 14, 15:32
- Idonotknowthis: do those sites take/give money? -- nm - b. Sep 14, 15:14 21
  - wow, that's a lot of money - fanduel. nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 14, 15:15
  - Yes. Fantasy sports are classified as skill rather than luck so they are perfectly legal under Federal law. -- nm - spamlet Sep 14, 15:15 19
    - Lol -- nm - znufrii Sep 14, 15:28 1
      - I'm still confused as to whether athletes should be permitted to participate, given that there's monetary reward based on outcome. -- nm - Mop Sep 14, 15:34
    - Blackjack and poker are skills, too. -- nm - Mop Sep 14, 15:19 9
      - No. Go read the UIGEA, which specifically carves out an exception for fantasy sports. -- nm - ML Sep 14, 15:23 8
        
        There's the legal definition and then practicality - if fantasy sports are a skill, so is poker - Reagen Sep 14, 15:28 7
        
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        Maybe, but we're obviously talking legality here. - ML Sep 14, 15:29 5
        
        I don't think anyone's arguing the legality, just pointing out the complete nonsensical nature of it. - Reagen Sep 14, 15:33 4
        
        Yep. -- nm - Mop Sep 14, 16:15 1
        
        OK™ -- nm - ML Sep 14, 16:21
        
        I agree with your IM. -- nm - ML Sep 14, 15:40
        
        fwiw, I agree with this. -- nm - b. Sep 14, 15:34
    - Correct. Not "murky" at all. - ML Sep 14, 15:16 6
      - He has Eli on his FF team? -- nm - rollo Sep 14, 15:20 1
        
        thx for jinxing me in QV by the way - ML Sep 14, 16:17
      - They want sports books and have been denied multiple times. - Krusty Sep 14, 15:18 1
        
        He's just mad that money isn't going to NJ. -- nm - Krusty Sep 14, 15:19
      - Only if you accept that picking intentionally outperforms picking at random by a significant margin -- nm - jangles Sep 14, 15:18
      - Glad I'm not the only one that thought of the IM. -- nm - spamlet Sep 14, 15:18
True confessions poll: do you have a skeleton in your closet that could still get you in trouble with the authorities if you copped to it now? - jangles Sep 14, 15:06 14
- there's one that would probably derail a political career (growing things in university), but nothing that could get me in trouble. -- nm - mafic Sep 14, 17:17
- Yes -- nm - Pippy Sep 14, 16:01 1
  - Is groiny involved? -- nm - jangles Sep 14, 16:12
- I have an unpaid speeding ticket in Pennsylvania. I was 16 and when it came in the mail, my dad told me - "that's outrageous - we're not paying it" - JenBro Sep 14, 15:33 2
  - You should probably not even eat Philadelphia Cream Cheese just to be on the safe side. -- nm - Reagen Sep 14, 16:32
  - I think they'll probably let you slide at this point -- nm - jangles Sep 14, 15:35
- Not anymore, statute of limitations has run out. I only did one big thing and it was a felony. -- nm - Krusty Sep 14, 15:16 6
  - Getting arrested for too much spray tanner is pretty embarrassing. -- nm - Shaun Sep 14, 15:39
  - Are you sure it's run out? I thought it didn't kick in until the investigation started. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 15:20 4
    - They investigated and I didn't get caught. Not even questioned though my friend was and nothing came of it. -- nm - Krusty Sep 14, 15:22 3
      - hopefully it was just one of those minor felonies -- nm - Beryllium Sep 14, 15:23 2
        
        I think those are called misdemeanors. -- nm - iSpam Sep 14, 16:14
        
        Heh. :-) I don't know how much time I was looking at but it was non-violent so likely not too long. -- nm - Krusty Sep 14, 15:26
- There's no statute of limitations on murder. -- nm - Mop Sep 14, 15:08
one month to Londres -- nm - jangles Sep 14, 14:58
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- Just fucking with you guys. I didn't pay attention to the location. It was so loud and garish, I assumed it was Times Square. -- nm - Mop Sep 14, 15:08
- He must have failed the NYC geography class. -- nm - iSpam Sep 14, 15:01 3
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    - I knew something was up when Casey had to take the underground train thingie. -- nm - Mop Sep 14, 16:21 1
      - this made me laugh, thanks! -- nm - b. Sep 14, 16:22
- all that shit is the same over there anyway -- nm - groiny Sep 14, 14:57

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