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It's come to this: Roy Helu Jr. or Benny Cunningham? -- nm - Dano Nov 8, 06:06
Man, ASJ is a wimp. - ML Nov 8, 05:38
Fingers crossed for you, CQ. Hope the new manager gives Villa a boost. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 8, 05:32
I saw this same Xbox One bundle deal at my local Costco yesterday. - ML Nov 8, 04:49
so, those suspended ACC refs worked the Michigan State/Nebraska game yesterday right? -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 03:49
did anyone see the strump show? all the liberal pages are saying what an egg he laid, nobody else admits seeing it -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 8, 02:57 1
- It wasn't very good. Trump was fine, but everybody seemed uncomfortable, and the writing wasn't strong this week. -- nm - Emoticripple Nov 8, 04:59
"I thought you said it was a cat." "WHO NAMES THEIR SNAKE FLUFFY?" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 8, 01:05 1
- My daughter did. He's a sand boa. -- nm - TWuG Nov 8, 04:23
I'm awake still -- nm - Bacon Nov 8, 00:35
apparently some crazy old guy interrupted some tv show to call some crazy rich guy a racist -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 23:09
Oh great - this is happening just a couple of miles south of me. -- (link) - Meg Nov 7, 23:04 1
- You live in LA. Post when that isn't happening, that's news. -- nm - Bacon Nov 8, 00:10
In terms of weirdness, you can have your Mileys and your Gagas, but no one does more with less than Sia. -- nm - Rollo Nov 7, 22:43
Well, at least nuclear annihilation would be pretty. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 7, 22:41 4
- And we'll see it coming. - Covington Nov 8, 04:06
- The lit up ionized trail is weird. Must be a combination of water vapor and city lights. -- nm - Mop Nov 7, 23:23 1
  - yeah, or swamp gasses escaping into the ionosphere -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 23:31
- Wonders if that's not the anti missile missile, and then wonders what they fired it at, Russian Chinese or north Korean? -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 7, 22:45
Torn on what I should work on tonight. Book, ST, blog improvement, side project (spanopticon), side project (grubthing), side project (decidemylunch) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 21:31 1
- oh, and the project I am working on for my wife. I guess that one. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 21:31
Looong day. Left here at 6:30 am back around 8:30 pm. About 200 miles driven with a day of presentations and Chinese dinner in between. -- nm - Meg Nov 7, 21:26
speaking of the starbuck's logo, I can't unsee this whenever I see it -- (link) - dogbert Nov 7, 21:04 [youtube] 1
- Why DOES she have two tails? -- nm - Mop Nov 7, 21:17
So the US Navy launched a Trident II ICBM tonight. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 20:42 2
- Was that the thing in L.A.? It sure looked like a rocket. -- nm - Mop Nov 7, 20:44 1
  - Yeah, that's what the navy claims it was. But of course ... Aliens! -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 20:46
Arclight is *nutso* tonight. Spotlight and Brooklyn are selling out all shows -- nm - jangles Nov 7, 20:30 3
- Good to hear. -- nm - LMS Nov 8, 05:09
- Good news - con_carne Nov 7, 21:07 1
  - Spotlight was great. Best pedophilia investigation movie of the year -- nm - jangles Nov 7, 23:07
Missouri Football Players Go On Strike To Force Removal Of School President -- (link) - ty97 Nov 7, 20:26
12 Gauge went off! -- nm - budice Nov 7, 20:23 1
- Skeet Surfing? -- nm - amoxy Nov 7, 20:24
Peanuts Movie kids are the *cutest* - con_carne Nov 7, 20:19 8
- I was going to take the kids to see Peanuts tomorrow but it's in the crappy theater in town. Now I'm gonna wait for Vudu. -- nm - Mop Nov 7, 20:38
- after credits scene for Peanuts! -- nm - Remlik Nov 7, 20:21 6
  - is there a bonus scene? spoil me if so ... :) - call me Ishmael Nov 7, 20:24 5
    - I only know there is one. -- nm - Remlik Nov 7, 20:48 2
      - spoils - con_carne Nov 7, 21:04 1
        
        meant for Ishmael -- nm - con_carne Nov 7, 21:10
    - "I'd like to talk to you about the Avengers initiative" -- nm - Nick Fury to Snoopy Nov 7, 20:27 1
      - "I hear you've done some pretty remarkable things going after that Red Baron guy . . ." -- nm - call me Ishmael Nov 7, 20:28
The problem with Christmas shopping is the fear of pulling the trigger and buying something and then finding something better. -- nm - Dano Nov 7, 20:19 2
- Or it's something you know they want and then they - or somebody else - buys it for them before Christmas. -- nm* - Meg Nov 7, 21:24
- that's why so many people choose to buy Christmas gifts for their familes on the day *after* Christmas . . . -- nm - call me Ishmael Nov 7, 20:44
Groovy. -- nm - David Nov 7, 20:15 1
- heh. Watching now. -- nm - Spawn Nov 8, 00:04
Chester Bennington quit STP.... -- (link) - Remlik Nov 7, 20:06
Went to a college volleyball yesterday and my ex-wife lost her phone. - Mop Nov 7, 20:00 1
- Cool, i would never have thought of that -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 7, 22:42
Spectre: C+ (spoilers thoughts) - Flavorize Nov 7, 19:58 6
- hey, you are (or were anyway) inactive on Ika -- nm - Beaker Nov 8, 03:35
- More things I liked (spoils) - Roger More Nov 7, 20:16 4
  - Nice! Agreed---especially your Bellucci reference. -- nm - Flavorize Nov 7, 20:38 1
    - I thought she was completely wasted. -- nm - Remlik Nov 7, 20:56
  - Yes I liked the first two also...But there were too few of those moments -- nm - amoxy Nov 7, 20:23
  - also (spoilers) - Roger More Nov 7, 20:18
RC gonna get beaten up. -- nm - ty97 Nov 7, 19:56
apparently I'm buying a house this weekend. that was unexpected. -- nm - mafic Nov 7, 19:44 4
- Pics or it didn't happen -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 19:55 1
  - Don't find out for 27 hours. -- nm - mafic Nov 7, 23:04
- That's quite an impulse buy. -- nm - Mop Nov 7, 19:47
- Well done my man. -- nm - budice Nov 7, 19:47
I don't want to say I'm dead inside, but I give Inside Out a solid 2.5 naps. -- nm* - Mop Nov 7, 19:17 2
- I definitely liked The Incredibles more. But inside out was still pretty perfect. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 19:28
- *high five* -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 19:18
St. Stephen with a rose. in and out of the garden he goes. -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 7, 19:15
The Habs are single-handedly turning the Bruins into the Maple Leafs of professional hockey teams. - Mop Nov 7, 19:14
Help me find a birthday present. - Mop Nov 7, 18:59 1
- Buy nips at your local store. Get a nice box and some pretty paper, make your own sampler. -- nm - Covington Nov 8, 04:02
Capaldi was excellent tonight. -- nm - Remlik Nov 7, 18:56 10
- It all feels like stories we've heard before. I'm not liking Capaldi (hate having to turn on captions to know what he's saying) and Clara, while pret - Covington Nov 8, 04:00
- better than Matt Smith for sure -- nm - budice Nov 7, 18:57 8
  - Unpossible. Smith was brilliant. -- nm - TWuG Nov 7, 19:00 2
    - HE was terrific. It was the stories that didn't serve him after the his first year. Strong ideas that were never completed. -- nm - Remlik Nov 7, 19:14 1
      - I loved all the Smith stuff until season 7. The stories went to shit once Moffat dumped some people - TWuG Nov 7, 19:19
  - Yeah but Clara killed the show for me. - Spawn Nov 7, 18:58 4
    - best Capaldi season. -- nm - Remlik Nov 7, 19:00 3
      - Low bar to clear, though. -- nm - TWuG Nov 7, 19:01 2
        
        nah the others were decent. certainly better than Smith's last two seasons -- nm - Remlik Nov 7, 19:04 1
        
        Remove Gillan, and not sure what was left. -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 19:08
Impressive FG -- nm - budice Nov 7, 18:45
"It is not about creating an intellectual space! It is not! Do you understand that? It’s about creating a home here!" -- (link) - Yale Student Actually Said This Nov 7, 18:39 2
- I've been trying to feel outrage about this all day but I'm not feeling it. - Mop Nov 7, 18:57
- BANANA!!! -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 18:45
I did not listen -- (link) - Spawn Nov 7, 18:33 1
- it's not a new trial. it's a post-conviction hearing on those two limited issues -- nm - jangles Nov 7, 18:36
Study shows that oral sex is good all around. -- (link) - Mop Nov 7, 18:31
I repeat: Vikings is Game of thrones on Fast Forward. 2 epis left in season 3 - major spoilers - Beaker Nov 7, 18:24
Y'all are nuts. Spectre is... -- (edited) - David Nov 7, 18:18 6
- Best of the Craig Bonds, at least. -- nm - Reagen Nov 7, 20:48 1
  - Easily. It's not even close. -- nm - David Nov 7, 21:05
- Figures. -- nm - Roger More Nov 7, 20:17
- The movie was tired and predictable and at times boring -- nm - amoxy Nov 7, 18:23 2
  - So, it sticks to the Bond formula? -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 18:46 1
    - Only if there were gaping plot holes. -- nm - Mop Nov 7, 19:10
I'll take it, but that sure as hell looked like targeting to me -- nm - TWuG Nov 7, 18:16 2
- I'm not sure refs have gotten a targeting call right this year. -- nm - David Nov 7, 18:18 1
  - They upheld a targeting call against us 3 or 4 games ago. -- nm - TWuG Nov 7, 18:20
Lane Kiffin sleeps with the coach's daughter and still has a job. Amazing -- nm - budice Nov 7, 18:10 1
- Lane "Jump Street" Kiffin? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 19:04
I'm watching Dead & Co on youtube, and John Mayer moves more in 1 song, than Jerry did in a whole show, and that included entering & leaving the stage -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 7, 17:49
I'm just going to pretend that there is no college football today. It's better that way. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 17:35 5
- Bama/LSU and Minn/Ohio St -- nm - budice Nov 7, 17:41
- You are missing a good game. -- nm - GregW Nov 7, 17:39 3
  - No, see, it's a good game because I'm not watching it. - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 17:44 2
    - Thanks for not watching. -- nm - GregW Nov 7, 19:45
    - but, maybe by not watching you are causing them to fall apart -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 17:47
First three game win streak for the Vols in the Butch Jones era. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 7, 16:49
However this game turns out, the Huskers have shown an impressive level of poise and confidence considering the direction this season has taken.. -- nm - GregW Nov 7, 16:43
Plain Red Starbucks cups sparks outrage over Christmas ban -- (link) - budice Nov 7, 16:35 7
- rage! -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 17:08
- Isn't the Starbucks logo itself a pagan symbol? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 17:08 3
  - Folk loric, but I don't think pagan goddess -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 7, 17:11 2
    - You're right - Sirens. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 17:27 1
      - there is some similarity with wee folk, faery, leprecon tradition of making small gifts or appeasements to spirits -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 7, 19:40
- Dude, Christ was never on their cups. Squirrels, foxes and other woodland creatures, but no Christ. - toblr.2 Nov 7, 16:53 1
  - Pagan, burn her.....I miss the mermaid's nipples -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 7, 17:09
GTFO.... - JD Nov 7, 16:19 2
- BATDANCE!!! -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 16:20 1
  - Ok. This is epic. Arkansas Ole Miss spoilers - JD Nov 7, 16:27
ST Poll: are you watching Donald Trump on SNL tonight? -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 16:19 12
- No. But I wouldn't have watched it if he weren't on, either. -- nm - Dark Callisto Nov 7, 18:32
- Maybe by accident -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 17:40
- No. I got tired of watching SNL just to complain about how bad it is long ago. -- nm - Dano Nov 7, 17:32
- Yep, we watch every week. -- nm - Emoticripple Nov 7, 17:21 1
  - Yeah, I record them all. I'm a little behind. I'll probably watch it in February. -- nm - Mop Nov 7, 20:43
- Nope. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 7, 17:09
- I've already watched my 15 minutes of SNL for the season. -- nm - toblr.2 Nov 7, 16:42
- no -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 7, 16:41
- made a point of going out tonight -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 7, 16:39
- No -- nm* - amoxy Nov 7, 16:25
- Nope. -- nm - Krusty Nov 7, 16:24
- no -- nm - Spawn Nov 7, 16:20
The 4Q in the Ole Miss-Ark game was crazy. Now going into OT tied 45-45, after each team scored 2 TDs in the 4Q. - GregW Nov 7, 16:16
GameStop's 2015 Black Friday Deals Have Leaked -- (link) - Beaker Nov 7, 16:15 2
- by "leaked" i assume you mean "released by the company for marketing purposes"?....nm - x Nov 7, 16:57 1
  - And making 'deals' plural is pushing it. -- nm - Ender Nov 7, 17:16
Stories of Celebrities in Restaurants -- (link) - Beaker Nov 7, 15:23 8
- sends up the Crank Yanker signal, I'm sure he has some terrific stories (even if he's saving them for his book) -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 7, 16:11
- Whoa, and I thought the Darrell Hammond sanders was absurd. The real one was a whole original level. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 15:50 5
  - On a tangent - Norm McDonald is a huge improvement over Hammond. A lot less creepy. - toblr.2 Nov 7, 16:02 4
    - But still awful. I hate these ads. Haven't been to KFC since they started. - Covington Nov 8, 03:55
    - yeah I like him as the Colnolel -- nm - Beaker Nov 7, 16:30
    - Agreed. -- nm - Krusty Nov 7, 16:26
    - Right. More zany. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 7, 16:09
- Heh, Salman Rushdie -- nm - amoxy Nov 7, 15:33
Melissa McCarthy becoming Amber Valentine is the best performance in movies this year. - Max Nov 7, 15:21
Any girl in the world could have easily known me better, she said you're strange, but don't change and I let her -- nm* - zeitgeist Nov 7, 15:19

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