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though I'll probably regret it later in the year, I'm happy I didn't try to draft a Denver RB -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 20:11 3
- I benched CJ tonight -- nm - budice Sep 17, 20:13
- Grrrrrrr -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 20:11 1
  - Though mine was a keeper, not a pick -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 20:12
It's a missed opportunity that Jennifer Lawrence didn't star in a remake of Sixteen Candles. -- nm - Max Sep 17, 20:00 11
- American Beauty -- nm - budice Sep 17, 20:04 8
  - Fast Times too. -- nm - budice Sep 17, 20:04 7
    - She could remake Deep Throat -- nm - budice Sep 17, 20:07 6
      - That's pretty far from the Ringwaldisms that made me think of JL -- nm - Max Sep 17, 20:09 4
        
        Better oral talent per CDAN -- nm - budice Sep 17, 20:11 3
        
        *imagines Claire Danes making out with Jennifer Lawrence* -- nm - Max Sep 17, 20:12 2
        
        Kinda diggin the Amy Schumer JLaw combo straight up -- nm - budice Sep 17, 20:14
        
        the ragged old vampire trying to suck life out of Jen -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 17, 20:13
      - Debby Does Dallas is a better classic, with roles for Gemma & a few others -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 17, 20:09
- There is always Pink2 -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 20:00 1
  - At the same point in her career, Ringwald was starring in The Stand. -- nm - Max Sep 17, 20:04
liberal site points to another kid's science project, a freaking Nuclear Reactor he built at home, know what happened when HLS heard about it? - zeitgeist Sep 17, 19:56 1
- I know this white kid that built a laser, put it on a jet, and aimed it at a professors house filled with popcorn. Hilarity ensued. -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 20:00
I will vote for Donald Trump if he bans Draft Kings and the other one. -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 19:55
Some races in the new Nascar levels on Real Racing have 50 cars. Imagine the wrecks I can cause! -- nm - Mop Sep 17, 19:46 4
- can you put problems in your car like an oil leak? are machine guns an option? -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 17, 19:49 3
  - the problem with leaving oil skids or dropping tire deflating tacks is, its an oval track, what goes round comes around like 200 times -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 17, 19:53 2
    - by the time you come back around, wouldn't a yellow flag be in effect? -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 17, 20:03 1
      - wait, first you want to have Q rig a full JB supercar....*then* you want some nanny yellow flags cause it might not be safe out there? - zeitgeist Sep 17, 20:27
Boy, those Fan Duel commercials really put a lie to the claim that fantasy sports is a "skill" and not gambling. -- nm - Mop Sep 17, 19:37
A million levels have been uploaded for Super Mario Maker. About 1,125 are actually good. -- nm - Qale Sep 17, 19:29 2
- Everything I've read about this game tells me 1) this is an absolute game changer. 2) people are EVIL. -- nm - Tim Sep 17, 19:30 1
  - It's going through the initial phase where it's just too easy to make levels too shitty. - Qale Sep 17, 19:32
Q! - b. Sep 17, 19:29 2
- I'll continue to poke around in your (music) business. - Qale Sep 17, 19:31 1
  - :) - - b. Sep 17, 19:38
Natinals lose, Mets idle. Mets magic number now 9. - Tim Sep 17, 19:25
Warner Brothers developing a Booster Gold/Blue Beetle film by Greg Berlanti (TV's Arrow,Flash,Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow) -- (link) - Remlik Sep 17, 19:16 5
- PleasebeTedKordpleasebeTedKord! -- nm - TWuG Sep 17, 19:33 4
  - Crap. DC/WB can't do *anything* right! -- nm - TWuG Sep 17, 19:35
  - report indicates it's Jamie. -- nm - Remlik Sep 17, 19:34 2
    - Therein lies the problem. Booster has no connection to Jamie. -- nm - Mop Sep 17, 19:38 1
      - *shrug* they've worked together and Jamie is the current Blue Beetle. Ted's been gone for years. -- nm - Remlik Sep 17, 19:40
Hmmm, what's it mean when a stock goes up 8.5% in one day and the only news I can find is that Zack's just downgraded it? -- nm - Dano Sep 17, 19:13 8
- What stock? -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 19:28 6
  - It's the pharmaceutical stock I took a flier on. - Dano Sep 17, 19:33 5
    - fwiw, that zack's move was last week - after that happens, there can be delays in other news sources picking it up. -- nm - b. Sep 17, 19:43 3
      - I meant to add this story on it, the downgrade was last friday. (looking at its charts, it's a volatile one.) nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 17, 19:48
      - moves from downgrades are close to instantaneous if they're gonna happen. -- nm - Reagen Sep 17, 19:44 1
        
        yah, that's why the date matters. (if you just search by date in news, there is a story on the downgrade dated today, which is what I think Dano saw.) -- nm - b. Sep 17, 19:49
    - Latest I found was not much. Not even being talked about in social media. Market Edge raised their rating last Friday. - Bacon Sep 17, 19:40
- I'd say you're looking at American Airlines? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 17, 19:18
Does anyone know if there are any online fantasy football sites where you can win money? -- nm - Dano Sep 17, 19:05 4
- oo, I could use $, if I used one - so $$!!-- nm - b. Sep 17, 19:11
- If you hear let me know -- nm - jangles Sep 17, 19:11
- NSFW username, but basically this. -- (link) - Tim Sep 17, 19:10
- Right? The ad buy rate is insane. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 17, 19:06
"Did you know without trigonometry there'd be no engineering?" "Without *lamps* there'd be no *light*." -- nm - Max Sep 17, 19:04
Simms keeps mentioning player mistakes but the officials are just guessing out there. -- nm - zunk via drone Sep 17, 19:00
Short, give it to Anderson for the half yard -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 18:56 6
- You're a jinx. -- nm - Krusty Sep 17, 19:04 5
  - have YOU MET Bacon? -- nm - Epiphany Sep 17, 19:26 1
    - Ha! :-) -- nm - Krusty Sep 17, 19:52
  - Hillman was the play -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 19:07 2
    - A whole point more -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 19:07 1
      - Jinx. You need to submit your lineup early so the rest of us can bench those guys. -- nm - Krusty Sep 17, 19:09
+1 Like on the pylon cam -- nm - budice Sep 17, 18:56
So it looks like there were 4 missed PATs last week (71/75 = 94.7%). Last year, the conversion rate was 99.3% (1222/1230) -- nm - prayformojo Sep 17, 18:55
!'ing for football feels odd. maybe * or ~? (yahyah, or nothing, b.!) -- nm - b. Sep 17, 18:55 3
- errr....huh? -- nm - prayformojo Sep 17, 18:57 2
  - for a modest fee, I will provide a b./b! lexicon deciphering app. -- nm - b. Sep 17, 19:00
  - Get out your Little Orphan Annie decoder ring. b just told you to drink more ovaltine -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 18:58
Game Manager -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 18:51 9
- And yes, that's really not on him. Great D -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 18:51 8
  - thats on him, you can't telegraph around someone like Talib -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 18:53 7
    - Don't you even dare make me defend Alex Smith. This ends now. -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 18:56 6
      - he was looking at the receiver the whole way, easy read for Aqib Talib -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 18:57 5
        
        Just like Russel Wilson did in the Superbowl. -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 18:59 4
        
        that play happened much faster, what Smith did was worse but with far less consequence -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 19:00 3
        
        I just wanted to remember that play in the Superbowl. -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 19:00 2
        
        no, you are trying misdirection, ....start defending Smith, like now! -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 19:02 1
        
        No, I refuse. I said what I said, and now I need to take a shower. -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 19:03
"Wow, American Express sent me a snack" -- nm - grizzly Sep 17, 18:46 1
- The Brown Inferno -- nm - budice Sep 17, 18:47
His passes dont seem to have the same zip, also noticing underthrown -- nm - budice Sep 17, 18:44 2
- but enough about Alex Smith -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 18:52
- Maybe he was playing with deflated balls too all this time -- nm - jangles Sep 17, 18:47
Jimmy and Rosayln Carter on the Kiss Cam at the Braves game... -- (link) - Remlik Sep 17, 18:40 1
- ah, that's nice. they've been married for 69 years! -- nm - b. Sep 17, 18:53
i feel like sharing this image with you all -- (link) - crash davis Sep 17, 18:37 2
- Wow. Mel got a new costume? -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 18:39
- which reminds me. Guardians of the Galaxy animated series starts saturday night on Disney -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 17, 18:38
Laser Rocket Arm -- nm - budice Sep 17, 18:36 2
- I think this is cable tv Peyton Manning. -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 18:38 1
  - and not the much superior high voice peyton, but the skinny leg version -- nm - crash davis Sep 17, 18:39
Geez, Peyton. - prayformojo Sep 17, 18:31 3
- Ravens will be kicking themselves for giving away that game last week -- nm - jangles Sep 17, 18:33
- It's like watching Willie Mays at the end -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 18:32 1
  - Except getting to laugh at John Elway all the way down -- nm - jangles Sep 17, 18:33
‘Taken’ Prequel TV Series Ordered By NBC With Luc Besson Producing -- (link) - Remlik Sep 17, 18:26 16
- "Man, I really ought to get some skills." -- nm - Qale Sep 17, 19:08
- Step Up should be made into a tv series. -- nm - Dano Sep 17, 18:33 1
  - The Grand Budapest Hotel. -- nm - Reagen Sep 17, 18:39
- there are like 400 different tv shows now, may as well make some more...nm - x Sep 17, 18:31
- I will watch that. -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 18:27 3
  - especially if they have him working with the team of guys that help him the movies while they are golfing -- nm - Remlik Sep 17, 18:30 2
    - I liked that show better when it was called The A-Team -- nm - Beryllium Sep 17, 19:07
    - Yes!! -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 18:32
- I predict a lot of "Well I'd never let that happen to *my* family" then turns to the camera. -- nm - Reagen Sep 17, 18:27
- NBCs entire future lineup is based on movies. I hope they all flop. -- nm - MDH Sep 17, 18:27
- King? -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 18:26 5
  - Who would play Mara Sov? - eag Sep 17, 18:30 4
    - Denorah Unger -- nm - Remlik Sep 17, 18:33
    - F- you! - Spawn Sep 17, 18:32 2
      - Well - eag Sep 17, 18:42 1
        
        It was all part of the plan. - Spawn Sep 17, 18:47
You know what the Point Break trailer makes me think of? Scrotal Recall -- nm - Dano Sep 17, 18:25
If it's not too late, I'm gonna revise my forecast for the Broncos. They look to be an 8-8 team at best -- nm - prayformojo Sep 17, 18:23 5
- They're horrible which worries me as a Ravens fan. -- nm - Dano Sep 17, 18:32 1
  - I'm encouraged that he at least didn't shred them for 40 pts the way he usually did -- nm - jangles Sep 17, 18:43
- So glad Kubiak took that job -- nm - jangles Sep 17, 18:24
- I have them at 6-10 and may want to revise that down. Peyton is getting too much contact to last the season. -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 18:24 1
  - The O line should be the OMG line. OMG another sack -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 18:24
Megan Fox replacing Zooey Deschanel on New Girl? huh. -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 18:21 12
- Holy crap. what's the last thing Megan Fox has been funny in? Even as a foil? -- nm - Max Sep 17, 18:27 5
  - This is 40. -- nm - Volnelk Sep 17, 19:06
  - At least New Girl is slow-pitch softball so she should be able to keep up. -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 18:33
  - intentionally? -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 17, 18:32
  - Jennifer's Body -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 18:28 1
    - Which was way better than it had any right to be. -- nm - Qale Sep 17, 19:09
- Not Katy Perry? -- nm - Reagen Sep 17, 18:26 1
  - Now *that* I might watch. -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 18:27
- just during z.'s maternity leave, no? -- nm - b. Sep 17, 18:22 2
  - Ah. I do not watch the show and just saw a blurb. -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 18:25
  - yes. nm but: -- (link) - b. Sep 17, 18:23
- MF has had too much plastic surgery and ruined her face -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 18:21
in clicking around spotify's new-today "about" pages features, I saw someone I follow has a song on the "feeling sexy" list - clicking on that list, - b. Sep 17, 18:19 1
- oh yah, they're not paying attention to lyrics much, if at all. - b. Sep 17, 18:21
"Who calls a reverse on 4th and 1? Gary Kubiak" -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 18:17
KC could be the worst team in football in an given year, and still be tough at Arrowhead -- nm - budice Sep 17, 18:12
I tipped 10%. I am such a sucker. - Andie Sep 17, 18:02 9
- was there ever an explaination as to why the kitchen was so slow? -- nm - Peglegpete Sep 17, 18:17 2
  - The overcooked the fish -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 18:21 1
    - I assume that's after they went out and caught it. -- nm - Mop Sep 17, 18:23
- *presses play on the boombox* - budice Sep 17, 18:13
- You could have just tipped whatever you wanted and not advertised it. We all know what the correct amount would have been. - con_carne Sep 17, 18:13 3
  - Right, sorry. I guess I mistook this board for a place where we post silly minutia from our personal lives -- (edited) - Andie Sep 17, 20:22
  - Well, aren't you just a ray of fucking sunshine. -- nm - kelly Sep 17, 18:39 1
    - And tipping these people would have been better? - con_carne Sep 17, 19:00
- Was looking at the Tripadvisor reviews. Service seems ragged. Some really enjoyed it, others described similar to your experience. - Meg Sep 17, 18:12
People may not like the drop, but great play by the defender -- nm - budice Sep 17, 18:00 1
- On the replay I agree. Looked worse in real time -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 18:00
Sanders fail!! -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 17:59 1
- refs bail out the broncos -- nm - Beaker Sep 17, 17:59
So, looks like Gambit will be looking for a new director. - Spawn Sep 17, 17:57 5
- Not a fan of the character? -- nm - eag Sep 17, 18:27 1
  - More like the casting. -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 18:36
- Kathryn Bigelow, Mimi Leder or Catherine Hardwicke. -- nm - Reagen Sep 17, 17:59 2
  - Can they work with an insufficient budget? -- nm - Spawn Sep 17, 18:16
  - In what universe would Bigelow attach to Gambit? -- nm - Beryllium Sep 17, 18:02
I just looked at the radar. There is a nasty looking thunderstorm bearing down on this game. -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 17:54 3
- I hate that Thursdays are the one night I'm most likely to be out. Arch.Soc board meeting at 7:00. -- nm - Meg Sep 17, 17:56 2
  - You know what I am going to do when I am retired? Not go to board meetings. -- nm - Bacon Sep 17, 17:58 1
    - I just have to learn to say no!! :) -- nm - Meg Sep 17, 18:01

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