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Tom Brady is GQ's Man of the Year -- (link*) - budice Nov 18, 12:13 2
- I guess that dude in Beruit who jumped on the suicide bomber to save his family was a close second -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 18, 12:19 1
  - How many Super Bowls did he win? -- nm - Reagen Nov 18, 12:20
My town: "Metro Planning and Design manager warns staff to be vigilant against ‘mass quantities of boogers’ found in office" -- (link) - emoticripple Nov 18, 12:07 1
- I would really like to see what those signs say :) -- nm - oblique Nov 18, 12:11
Now You See Me 2 trailer. -- (link) - Shaun Nov 18, 12:06 [youtube] 6
- Ok yeah, shouldn't the Radcliffe reveal have included him holding some sort of wand? It's Harry Potter in a magic movie for crying out loud! -- nm - Jim Nov 18, 12:18
- wait, no isla fisher? -- nm - decline Nov 18, 12:08 3
  - Lizzy Caplan should easily make up for it. -- nm - Jim Nov 18, 12:15
  - She had to drop out due to pregnancy. -- nm - David Nov 18, 12:13 1
    - Sasha Baron Cohen ruins everything. Now You See Me 2...Isla Fisher.... - Will Hunting Nov 18, 12:14
- I don't care how good it looks or even will be...this is a sequel that did not have to happen. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 18, 12:07
STIF: instead of using a Form in google docs to count up survey responses, is there a cell function I could use in a spreadsheet where I could just - Max Nov 18, 12:05 7
- instead of clicking, type the number 1. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 18, 12:15 1
  - and then erase 1 and type 2, and then erase 2 and type 3... It's too inefficient. -- nm - Max Nov 18, 12:20
- What's the survey? -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 18, 12:14 4
  - "Please tell us which cars you'd like to see added to Forza." - Max Nov 18, 12:19 3
    - If you had Excel, I'd say to a Text to Columns to separate the answers then reorganize them and count them up. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 18, 12:28
    - Bah, not about hot interns -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 18, 12:20 1
      - We haven't had any of those all year. It's getting too weird around here. -- nm - Max Nov 18, 12:22
The Soup cancelled. Series finale 12/18. -- nm - Ender Nov 18, 12:04 6
- It MTV's ripoff version with Rob whathisface still on? -- nm - ty97 Nov 18, 12:16 3
  - Wasn't that a Tosh.0 rip off? -- nm - JaxSean Nov 18, 12:17 2
    - Well, Tosh.0/Web Soup -- nm - Ender Nov 18, 12:23
    - ah that's right. I get all those waifish white E! boys confused. -- nm - ty97 Nov 18, 12:19
- wow. I still record it but I pretty much just delete them recently. - JaxSean Nov 18, 12:12 1
  - They have become too obsessed with 'reality' shows. -- nm - GregW Nov 18, 12:17
should I go to my neighborhood association meeting tonight? it's at 7 and I have to be home by 8 for survivor so I would have to leave early... -- nm - fabulous squad Nov 18, 12:01 7
- Are you dressed correctly? -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 12:03 6
  - I look *great* today. my tights are superopaque fluoro red tactel, I'm wearing my ariat back zip riding boots, my scarf is basically - fabulous squad Nov 18, 12:07 5
    - Gurl, don't hide your light under a bushel. Go out there and appropriately display what your mama gave you. -- nm - emoticripple Nov 18, 12:15
    - Kill whom? -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 18, 12:14
    - Hit that meeting, then. -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 12:09
    - so ready to go by bus or horse. nice. -- nm - oblique Nov 18, 12:08 1
      - btw, I'm not sure if I should be pleased that if you had just said "ariat boots" I would have immediately known they were for riding :) -- nm - oblique Nov 18, 12:11
Duran Duran will donate all proceeds of Eagles of Death Metal's Save a Prayer cover to charity. - David Nov 18, 11:54 6
- It moved up 52 spaces to #44. -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 12:00
- That's great (just get Billy Mack involved to make it happen!) -- nm - prayformojo Nov 18, 11:58 4
  - It's really never to early for ~I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes...~ -- nm - gravy Nov 18, 12:05 2
    - Don't forget...we're like a day away from him recording that. - Will Hunting Nov 18, 12:21 1
      - I'm going to need to watch the whole thing with mel this season. Somehow he's managed to avoid it all this time. - gravy Nov 18, 12:29
  - Exactly! -- (link) - Dark Callisto vs. Evil Dead Nov 18, 12:04 [Image]
Prediction: Post holiday articles on the economy will make the following assertion: Star Wars saved the economy! or Star Wars saved Christmas retail! -- nm - TWuG Nov 18, 11:47 8
- sorry, but millions of shoppers will elect to go on line,not to avoid crowds, but to avoid loosing the drummer boy challenge from the mall music -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 18, 12:04
- They were reporting yesterday that Wal-Mart's quarterly earnings were up almost certainly on the strength of SW merch sales. -- nm - emoticripple Nov 18, 11:50
- it will also save the movie box office for 2015. -- nm - Andie Nov 18, 11:49 4
  - It will save the World! - eag Nov 18, 11:51 3
    - *all* the worlds! -- nm - Andie Nov 18, 11:53 2
      - Well except for ..... Alderan - eag Nov 18, 11:57 1
        
        /sadtrombone -- nm - emoticripple Nov 18, 11:59
- both -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 11:47
... it sounds like kaspersky internet security actually lessens security by performing a man-in-the-middle intercept on SSL certificates - Beryllium Nov 18, 11:41 5
- ~I'm asking him to change his ways~ -- nm - prayformojo Nov 18, 11:42 4
  - 5 Baron points. -- nm - Green Baron Casserole Nov 18, 11:43 3
    - Yes, it was brilliant with absolutely no downside - prayformojo Nov 18, 11:46 2
      - You've been hit by, you've been struck by a subliminal. -- nm - Green Baron Casserole Nov 18, 11:51 1
        
        dude. -- nm - prayformojo Nov 18, 11:58
You *have to* pick one of the current GOP candidates to become president. Who do you pick? - prayformojo Nov 18, 11:40 42
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- Kasich or Bush as they seem to be fairly scandal-free and competent program administrators. -- nm - Max Nov 18, 12:03
- Kasich. - Will Hunting Nov 18, 12:02 1
  - Agreed. -- nm - pmb Nov 18, 12:02
- Jeb -- nm - JaxSean Nov 18, 11:55
- Trump....at least he's not religiously crazy, NOT beholden to the republican party, basicaly MOR, not anti woman - zeitgeist Nov 18, 11:52 7
  - not anti woman ? he's a huge misogynist -- nm - decline Nov 18, 11:54 6
    - seriously. MASSIVE misogynist -- nm - ty97 Nov 18, 11:54 5
      - I mean, it's right there on his business card -- nm - prayformojo Nov 18, 11:58 4
        
        not against equal rights, abortion -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 18, 12:06 3
        
        Are you seriously stating that a man who critiqued a debate moderator asking him about past comments "having blood coming out of her wherever" ISN"T - Will Hunting Nov 18, 12:15 2
        
        He is a massive misogynist, but Zeit's not wrong that policy wise (to the extent he's revealed it), he's probably more pro-woman than most of the - pmb Nov 18, 12:23
        
        forget it, Will, it's zeittown. -- nm - znufrii Nov 18, 12:16
- Donald Trump. - David Nov 18, 11:51 9
  - I'm not so sure he's the best embodiment of the party. We really have no idea what he actually believes and would actually do on most things. -- nm - pmb Nov 18, 12:02 4
    - Right, if I wanted to kill the GOP, I'd pick Huckabee or Santorum. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 18, 12:07 2
      - Or Cruz. -- nm - pmb Nov 18, 12:21 1
        
        Cruz scares me just enough that he won't be a death knell to the party. - Will Hunting Nov 18, 12:35
    - his platform is a bunch of sound bites and platitudes. -- nm - decline Nov 18, 12:04
  - that's tempting, but are you willing to risk the irreparable (or at least mid- to long-term) harm he'd do in the mean time? -- nm - prayformojo Nov 18, 11:53 3
    - Hey, you're the one telling me I have to pick. -- nm - David Nov 18, 11:57
    - The damage to the Oval Office decor alone will take a generation to repair. - TWuG Nov 18, 11:56 1
      - "Prepare the aqua regia gun!" -- nm - Reagen Nov 18, 12:02
- The eventual meltdown and impeachment and arrest of Donald Trump is very tempting. -- nm - Jim Nov 18, 11:48
- Kasich - Jovian Nov 18, 11:45
- Jeb -- nm - IrishStephen Nov 18, 11:44
- Jimmy McMillan -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 18, 11:43
- *moves to Antigua* -- nm - znufrii Nov 18, 11:43
- Jeb -- nm - Beaker Nov 18, 11:42
- Can I choose Cruz just for the pure head-exploding entertainment value? -- nm - Green Baron Casserole Nov 18, 11:42
- Kasich. He's the least bat-shit insane. Still a jackass, but a more pragmatic jackass. -- nm - TWuG Nov 18, 11:42 4
  - you'd think that was the case... -- (link) - znufrii Nov 18, 11:42 [Backboard] 3
    - Which is still the least crazy thing proposed by any of the candidates. -- nm - TWuG Nov 18, 11:45 1
      - Disagreed. -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 11:49
    - I was about to say. -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 11:45
- moves to Canada -- nm - decline Nov 18, 11:42
- - -- nm* - Reagen Nov 18, 11:41
- Pataki. -- nm - Reagen Nov 18, 11:41 1
  - Reading the list, this was the one that jumped out at me too. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 18, 11:42
- No. -- nm - ty97 Nov 18, 11:41 1
  - Dr No is running? - Spawn Nov 18, 11:42
- Romney - Spawn Nov 18, 11:41
ST Poll: Best one word movie lines. -- nm - Beaker Nov 18, 11:40 15
- Fuuuuudge -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 18, 11:57
- Inconceivable! -- nm - David Nov 18, 11:56
- Rosebud... -- nm - Ender Nov 18, 11:54
- Whoa. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Nov 18, 11:50
- Redrum -- nm - Shaun Nov 18, 11:46
- "Toga!" and "ABC". -- nm* - Spawn Nov 18, 11:45
- ADRIAAAAAAAN! -- nm - Beaker Nov 18, 11:45
- SHARK!!!! -- nm - groiny Nov 18, 11:44
- Rosebud -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 11:44
- Kitty! -- nm - oblique Nov 18, 11:42
- CANNONBALL!!!!! -- nm - Shaun Nov 18, 11:42
- KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN! -- nm - znufrii Nov 18, 11:42
- Snakes. -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 11:41
- Plastics. -- nm - Green Baron Casserole Nov 18, 11:41
- ie: EVERYONE! in The Professional -- nm - Beaker Nov 18, 11:40
Eagles of Death Metal releases statement -- (link) - znufrii Nov 18, 11:37 1
- Long live Cock Rock. -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 11:59
Walmart will have this for Black Friday Fitbit Flex Wristband for $59 -- (link) - Beaker Nov 18, 11:36 18
- i know we've done this before, but, someone just tell me which fitbit to buy. -- nm - Andie Nov 18, 11:38 16
  - I'm with Mum-cumber. Go with the Charge. Unless you have use for the heart monitor. We don't, so we just went with the Charge. -- nm - Jim Nov 18, 11:59 8
    - The caller id on the wristband is worth the extra cost for us, fwiw. -- nm - Jim Nov 18, 12:00 7
      - that is the *last* thing i want. :) -- nm* - Andie Nov 18, 12:01 6
        
        and it's an ugly watch -- nm - decline Nov 18, 12:06
        
        Really? I love it. Let's me know if I need to get the phone or not. :) -- nm - Jim Nov 18, 12:04 3
        
        i have visions of being in a movie and my phone is on silent in my purse, and then my arm lights up, etc etc. - Andie Nov 18, 12:07 2
        
        Eh, it's easy to ignore. - Dark Callisto vs. Evil Dead Nov 18, 12:13
        
        (the auto sleep detector would be the selling feature for me) -- nm - Andie Nov 18, 12:07
        
        "Jesus, Dignan *again*?" -- nm - sweet baboo Nov 18, 12:03
  - You want the Fitbit Charge. The better version of it includes a heart monitor. Whether that's important is up to you. - David Nov 18, 11:53 1
    - I have the Charge HR and I love it. - kelly Nov 18, 11:56
  - I can tell you _not_ to buy the $10 one spelled with a PH. -- nm - Green Baron Casserole Nov 18, 11:40
  - the flex is the basic one (not hr monitor, no watch). It's the I would get. -- nm - decline Nov 18, 11:40 3
    - but on the app it will still tell you everything you want to know right? sleep, steps, factoids.. -- nm - Andie Nov 18, 11:43 2
      - yes -- nm - decline Nov 18, 11:45 1
        
        *kiss kiss* - Andie Nov 18, 11:48
- Sky Viper drone for $25 !! -- nm - decline Nov 18, 11:37
Toddler survives alone for ‘several’ days after grandmother dies in home -- (link) - Remlik Nov 18, 11:35 2
- without clicking, is it bad I am envisioning a American Horror Story episode on how he/she survived? -- nm - Jovian Nov 18, 11:37 1
  - She only ate part of her if that helps. -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 11:40
Partial list of Amazon.com Black Friday deals -- (link) - Beaker Nov 18, 11:35 2
- I hope there are some deals up here. -- nm - Shaun Nov 18, 11:38 1
  - they've been doing a countdown. Got the last season of Justified for $16 -- nm - Beaker Nov 18, 11:40
"As you all know, first prize is a Cadillac El Dorado." -- nm - Actual best speech in cinema Nov 18, 11:35 1
- I wonder if that writer ever wrote anything else.... ;-P -- nm - Green Baron Casserole Nov 18, 11:45
ST Quiz full list. -- (link) - Shaun Nov 18, 11:35 2
- They put the mighty Ducks over Glengarry Glen Ross? - amoxy Nov 18, 11:45
- "Can you dig it!" -- nm - amoxy Nov 18, 11:41
Never tell me the odds! -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 11:34 4
- heh -- (link) - oblique Nov 18, 11:39 [Image]
- I cant even believe a sequel is less than a month away. -- nm - Jovian Nov 18, 11:35 2
  - Wait, what? There's a sequel coming out? Why have I seen no advertising or new products? - TWuG Nov 18, 11:41
  - *twitch* -- nm - Spawn Nov 18, 11:37

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