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1) Looking at his filmography I think I've only ever seen one Robert Mitchum movie. 2) Who would they cast for his biopic? - Max Nov 12, 16:54 4
- matthew mcconaughey might be able to swing it. -- nm - b. Nov 12, 16:59
- i've probably seen him in ~25 movies....nm - x Nov 12, 16:58 1
  - I watched a whole bunch, too, when I was younger. -- nm - b. Nov 12, 17:00
- Hardy is the best I can come up with -- nm - prayformojo Nov 12, 16:56
Huh. Thomas Menino died? - prayformojo Nov 12, 16:53 2
- poor mumbles...nm - x Nov 12, 16:56 1
  - yah, I remember, it was actually even shorter from announcement to death. :/ -- nm - b. Nov 12, 16:58
I think they finally did it. Saved You A Click may stroke out at this one. -- (link) - ML Nov 12, 16:53 2
- I hope that's a subtle promo for Supergirl -- nm - Beryllium Nov 12, 16:57
- *laugh* -- nm - b. Nov 12, 16:56
notsogood a day for the administration staff-wise - a wh secret service officer arrested for sending - b. Nov 12, 16:52
NFL: ~Colors, colors, colors, colors...~ -- nm - budice Nov 12, 16:52
scaredy bears -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 12, 16:51 1
- aww, it's lucky mama wasn't around. -- nm - b. Nov 12, 16:53
Have to be in Irvine at 6:00 which means heading out in the teeth of rush hour. Not happy. -- nm - Meg Nov 12, 16:48
"women sue after birth control packaging mixup causes pregnancies." you don't say. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 12, 16:44
Google is taking the British Museum [and others] online -- (link) - Peglegpete Nov 12, 16:30 2
- this is cool, but it'll be another in a long line of things they'll lose interest in when they can't monetize it....nm - x Nov 12, 16:32 1
  - as long as they're under their for-profit parts.. enjoy 'em while they last! -- nm - b. Nov 12, 16:36
let my inspiration flow in token rhyme suggesting rhythm that will not forsake me until my tale is told and done -- nm* - Peglegpete Nov 12, 16:29
Tax software downloaded...seems like I just did this. - Meg Nov 12, 16:23
Braves trade Andrelton Simmons to Angels - Strongbad Nov 12, 16:21 10
- Whoa! -- nm - ML Nov 12, 16:47
- I thought they wanted to be competitive in 2017? -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 12, 16:29 1
  - I think they've given up on that delusion. - David Nov 12, 16:47
- My team is making it very hard to love them right now. -- nm - David Nov 12, 16:26 6
  - According to one website, they were the Angels' #2 and #8 prospects -- nm - Strongbad Nov 12, 16:31 3
    - In a bad organization. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 12, 16:40 2
      - Newcomb, the lefty, looks legit. He can throw strikes and hit 99. - David Nov 12, 16:46 1
        
        Fangraphs take is here (link) - ML Nov 12, 16:57
  - At first look, Aydar is your bridge to Albies in 2017. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 12, 16:29
  - At this point, I can't even assume that Freeman is safe. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 12, 16:26
NFL fines Josh Norman $5,000 for wearing patriotic cleats during "Salute to Service" game. -- (link) - Beaker Nov 12, 16:17 3
- in this case, I don't think they're so wrong - it wasn't the color, it was the words. they're trying to not let a precedent be set that way. -- nm - b. Nov 12, 16:33
- Just because they havent sold advertising on the shoes yet doesn't mean they can't! -- nm - iSpam Nov 12, 16:22
- I'd hate to see what the fine would have been if he wore the pink shoes from the NFL's October's theme, in november :( -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 12, 16:22
this is a hilarious outdoor screening. i used to go to this place when i was a kid..... - x Nov 12, 16:11
You know what's worked pretty well for me? Spotify : Browse : Discover - con_carne Nov 12, 16:08 5
- i saw mission of burma open for x on the wild gift tour + a few other times...nm - x Nov 12, 16:12 4
  - I saw Meat Puppets in the 90s more as a "ought to be there" show... The venue was legendary and I just wanted an excuse to go (McCabe's Guitar Shop) -- nm - con_carne Nov 12, 16:16 3
    - if you're interested, there are these home demos from 1980 that derrick boston put up.... - x Nov 12, 16:22 2 1
      - err, bostrom...nm - x Nov 12, 16:26
      - Thanks -- nm - con_carne Nov 12, 16:25
so these exist - hot chocolate m&m's made with dark chocolate. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 12, 16:07 3
- Want! -- nm - Pippy Nov 12, 16:32
- If I see them durring the holidays I may get them -- nm - eag Nov 12, 16:28 1
  - Also white peperment and cafe mocha also for the holidays -- (link) - eag Nov 12, 16:37
ST, recommend 1) a cable modem and 2) a Fitbit - Tim Nov 12, 16:02 9
- If all you want is to track steps a pocket pedometer will work. Just have to remember to transfer it when you change pants :) - Meg Nov 12, 16:20
- you don't need fitbit. just agree to give everyone here $500 a week, for every week you do not exorcise -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 12, 16:15 1
  - also if you only want to count steps, pedometers start at about $10 -- nm - Peglegpete Nov 12, 16:19
- You want the Fitbit Charge. -- nm - David Nov 12, 16:09 4
  - Or if you're looking to just see if a step tracker is for you, there's the Xiaomi Mi Band -- nm - JD Nov 12, 16:14 3
    - JD, the grown-ups are talking. -- nm - David Nov 12, 16:19 2
      - Hey, that does basic tracking for about $20. It would seem to be worth mentioning - JD Nov 12, 16:25 1
        
        I took a look but it appears that the iPhone app reviews are fairly bad and it has a hard time syncing to health. -- nm - iSpam Nov 12, 16:35
- The best cable modem I've ever purchased is my current one. - ReluctantCynic Nov 12, 16:08 1
Cromartie Inactive tonight -- nm - budice Nov 12, 15:53 3
- EJ Manuel is inactive. Josh Johnson will serve as backup QB. -- nm - budice Nov 12, 16:16
- Shady, Watkins both officially active for TNF -- nm - budice Nov 12, 16:05
- Send a link to Percy, stat! -- nm - Bacon Nov 12, 15:56
Karamel Sutra is back, baby! - con_carne Nov 12, 15:48
Cartwheel had some pretty good 15-20% off on certain Lego sets. ST psa -- nm - CQ Nov 12, 15:45
Flip Saunders pins being worn tonight during Wolves/Warriors game -- (link) - budice Nov 12, 15:45
TV PSA: Jets/Bills, Bones, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, BBT, Vampire Diaries, WWE, Scandal, Sleepy Hollow, Blacklist, Originals, Mom, 2 Broke Girls, Haven, -- nm* - Beaker Nov 12, 15:34 1
- Elementary, HTGAWM, GT/VT, Life in Pieces, The Player, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Nov 12, 15:34
I wonder how many financial news articles are written by computer. - Reagen Nov 12, 15:33
Subway's Jared Fogle: Prosecution seeking 12.5yrs, Defense wants 5. -- (link) - budice Nov 12, 15:30 12
- I thought this was already done in a plea deal which is why he plead guilty. -- nm - Bacon Nov 12, 15:53 2
  - judges still have some discretion in sentencing -- nm - ML Nov 12, 16:48
  - The judge is never bound by any agreement between the parties. They still get to advocate for the sentence length each feels is appropriate - jangles Nov 12, 16:19
- If prisons treat sex offenders the way they used to, he won't last 5 minutes in general population -- nm - jangles Nov 12, 15:52 3
  - oh they'll ask him all day if he wants a footlong. -- nm - Remlik Nov 12, 16:01
  - he won't see general population. no chance. - call me Ishmael Nov 12, 15:54 1
    - They'd serve him.. - budice Nov 12, 15:55
- Prosecution seeking 12.5 yrs, Defense wants 5, public wants eleventy billion. -- nm - Qale Nov 12, 15:39
- in keeping with the spirit of Subway, he should be able to get his sentence tailor-made with his choice of toppings . . . -- nm - call me Ishmael Nov 12, 15:37
- they couldn't go 12 and 6? -- nm - Reagen Nov 12, 15:32 2
  - it's really 11 and 5.5...but don't tell anyone -- nm - Subway Nov 12, 15:33 1
    - Hey, no one ever said what size foot. -- nm - GregW Nov 12, 15:58
Fallout 4 player beats up mutants as a Red Sox player -- (link) - budice Nov 12, 15:27 2
- I know they tend to do it differently than everyone else, but Kotaku hasn't published their review yet. -- nm - Tim Nov 12, 15:34 1
  - Don't get too excited, it'll be Patricia. -- nm - Qale Nov 12, 15:40
Good news. Things removed from my leg and arm were not cancerous. -- nm - tRuMaN Nov 12, 15:23 13
- Good job, monkey -- nm - jangles Nov 12, 16:35
- nice! -- nm - Remlik Nov 12, 16:34
- cool..nm - x Nov 12, 16:13
- Fantastic! Yay good health! -- nm - Krusty Nov 12, 15:57
- Yay for negative biopsies. -- nm - Meg Nov 12, 15:35
- Great news! Be sure to check your BF Team to celebrate! -- nm - Beaker Nov 12, 15:32
- ST is kicking cancer's ass this week! -- nm - David Nov 12, 15:24 2
  - Meanwhile I still haven't got a call back about a referral. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 12, 15:25 1
    - (It's basically one of those "It's probably nothing. Probably." things, so naturally I'm suspicious that it is something) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 12, 15:26
- glad to hear. -- nm - budice Nov 12, 15:24
- Very glad to hear it :) -- nm - Beryllium Nov 12, 15:24
- very good news!! -- nm - b. Nov 12, 15:23
- Yea for no cancer! -- nm - iSpam Nov 12, 15:23
Apparently they are going ahead with the 50 Shades sequels. Since everyone seemed to hate the first one, I didn't think they would risk it. -- (link) - GregW Nov 12, 15:18 7
- I mean, there's at least 49 shades left -- nm - jangles Nov 12, 15:24
- I didn't think it was even a question. who's involved, sure; but that's it. -- nm - b. Nov 12, 15:23
- $560 million box office. Low risk. -- nm - jnine Nov 12, 15:21 2
  - I didn't know it had made so much overseas. Geez, 400M. More than twice the domestic box office. -- nm - GregW Nov 12, 15:56 1
    - Women are *filthy* -- nm - jangles Nov 12, 16:14
- It was cheap and made money. Not sure why they wouldn't. - spamlet Nov 12, 15:20 1
  - spoilers (*almost* shading on NSFW) . . . - call me Ishmael Nov 12, 15:22
SITWAP: The story of Matthew Inman (Oatmeal guy) - JD Nov 12, 15:16 [youtube]
Katy Perry with short hair, come to Butthead -- nm - prayformojo Nov 12, 15:14 1
- much more a shaved man myself, but thats not important now -- nm - budice Nov 12, 15:17
Bernardo wrote a book and got it on Amazon Canada -- (link) - J Nov 12, 15:13 2
- Man, they'll let any asshole write a book these days. - Beryllium Nov 12, 15:17 1
  - Hopefully you get better reviews -- nm - J Nov 12, 15:18
James Van Der Beek knocked up his wife again - jangles Nov 12, 15:11 4
- He'll have to find another crappy show to do. -- nm - iSpam Nov 12, 16:13
- If you were his wife, wouldn't you be all over that, like all the time? -- nm - Mop Nov 12, 16:12
- better inform the CBC -- nm - Beryllium Nov 12, 15:15 1
  - because they aren't up on the latest Van Der Beek news -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 12, 15:16
Has anyone snagged the "Uh-Oh, SpaghettiOs Recall" headline yet? -- nm - Beryllium Nov 12, 15:07
Joyner fined $23,152 for hit on Bridgewater -- nm - Beaker Nov 12, 15:01 3
- It's that extra two dollars that really enforces the penalty. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 12, 15:04 1
  - Hee! -- nm - David Nov 12, 15:28
- Good. And given his salary, that actually leaves a mark. - ML Nov 12, 15:04
yikes. I hadn't heard about this "ms. magazine" twitter post until now. it's still up, and I don't see it's been addressed. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 12, 14:59 4
- The tweet just quotes the article. -- nm - psilotum Nov 12, 15:16 3
  - yes? at best, they are well-intentioned click-bait. as commenters at both suggested, I think it's - b. Nov 12, 15:21 2
    - People who use Twitter deserve what they get. The site encourages glibness -- nm - con_carne Nov 12, 15:23 1
      - no. it's exactly what people make of it/how they use it. good and bad choices are made, just like everywhere else. -- nm - b. Nov 12, 15:25
Tomorrowland: C+, Spy: A -- nm - CQ Nov 12, 14:55 1
- Statham and McCarthy were awesome together. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 12, 14:56
The Peanuts Movie was delightful. -- nm - kelly Nov 12, 14:53
Nice subtle fifteen-year old joke callback in this week's Simpsons' episode. - Name Withheld By Request Nov 12, 14:52 3
- "Oops" -- nm - Beryllium Nov 12, 15:06
- Did you see that thing about Chretien I posted earlier? -- nm - Reagen Nov 12, 14:53
- *loved* it -- nm - David Nov 12, 14:53
Moreso, there's only 4 guys who at #1 have performed like HOFers since Chipper's selection. - Will Hunting Nov 12, 14:51 2
- Adrian Gonzalez has had a nice career but not really HOF level. -- nm - Krusty Nov 12, 14:54 1
  - Yeah, he's going to be a HOVG guy given the era he's in. 55 WAR without an MVP award and 400 homers....just short -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 12, 14:55
For some reason we get the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog. - Reagen Nov 12, 14:51
znu. alert. I had to stop reading this piece on menswear after a handful of paragraphs. eyes aren't meant to roll so much. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 12, 14:49 3
- lol, capes. -- nm - znufrii Nov 12, 15:02 2
  - what, you don't want to participate in The Great Poncho Revival of 2016? ;) - -- nm - b. Nov 12, 15:04 1
    - ah, no. -- nm - znufrii Nov 12, 15:11
I like the couple from Flip or Flop, but the car being stolen was pretty funny -- nm - prayformojo Nov 12, 14:49 10
- It really bothers me that every show they are astounded what things cost. You buy the same stuff every time. Don't be shocked. -- nm - Volnelk Nov 12, 15:54 1
  - Or that they'll sweat $50 on a ceiling fan and drop thousands on paving stone. -- nm - Reagen Nov 12, 16:09
- It was -- nm - Pippy Nov 12, 15:20
- I think she's a pretentious "my shit don't stink" bitch and he's a type A dickhead douche -- nm - CQ Nov 12, 14:50 6
  - The only reason to watch that show is that one of them is finally the episode where they lose their shirts - Reagen Nov 12, 14:52 5
    - But they got a show + 10 plus flips going at one time. I'm trying to figure out why they still live in Yorba Linda -- nm - Pippy Nov 12, 15:21 2
      - Her dad has money. He's bailed them out before. I think they're staying close to him. -- nm - jnine Nov 12, 15:31
      - either her family is 3 blocks away, or Tarek is too cheap to move into a better home he just renovated - Peglegpete Nov 12, 15:26
    - She tilts her photos 45 degrees is all I'm saying. -- nm - CQ Nov 12, 14:54 1
      - So she's an artist? -- nm - iSpam Nov 12, 15:26
[an error occurred when Cloud storms into Smash] -- nm - Qale Nov 12, 14:47
~they travel in the time of the prophets, on a desert highway straight to the heart of the sun~ - con_carne Nov 12, 14:46

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