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The 11 funniest science fiction books -- (link) - mara Dec 10, 09:09
I think I'm longing both the Star Wars puts and calls... - Will Hunting Dec 10, 09:07 3
- Me too. -- nm - ewokicripple Dec 10, 09:09
- i always do for giant box office releases. - Landie Calrissian Dec 10, 09:08 1
  - This. I play the OW but just don't worry about the put/call. -- nm - spamlet Dec 10, 09:10
GOOOOAAAALLLL! -- (link) - ShaunShaun Dec 10, 09:00
Slap Kirk -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 10, 08:56
Poll (yes, no, or N/A) - Have you: Sent your SS Gift / Finished Xmas shopping / Bought Star Wars tickets / Put up a tree / Made plans for NYE? -- nm - Landie Calrissian Dec 10, 08:51 11
- N,Y,N,N,N -- nm - Meg Dec 10, 09:16
- NA,N,N,N,N -- nm - ShaunShaun Dec 10, 09:06
- Na/haven't started/N/N/Y -- nm - Endor Dec 10, 09:06
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- Everything but Star Wars and NYE. -- nm - David Dec 10, 09:01
- N, N, N, N, N -- nm - decline Dec 10, 08:58
- n.a, N, N, Y, N -- nm - znufrii Dec 10, 08:57
- N, N, N, Y, ? -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 10, 08:53
- Y/N/N/Y/N -- nm - ewokicripple Dec 10, 08:53
- Y,N,N,Y,N -- nm - UliC Qel Droma Dec 10, 08:52
- Yes / No / Yes/ Yes / Maybe -- nm - Landie Calrissian Dec 10, 08:52
Star Wars: 1 week away ("midnight showings"), Christmas: 15 days away -- (edited) - Buda Fett Dec 10, 08:49
I need food, and I need it fast. If only some enterprising restaurant could accommodate my needs. -- nm - Sith Lord Sexypants Dec 10, 08:45 1
- Sith Lord Donger -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 08:48
MLB Rule 5 draft results -- (link) - Will Hunting Dec 10, 08:40
MLB: Orioles 7-year offer to Chris Davis has been withdrawn -- (link) - Buda Fett Dec 10, 08:36 11
- I was really looking forward to that one in three years time. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 10, 08:50 2
  - Don't worry, you'll be signing one soon with either Edwin or Batista. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 10, 08:51 1
    - Bats is old already, he aint ever gonna sniff more than 3 years. - groiny Dec 10, 08:59
- I'm glad to see they offered a competitive deal for once. If he wants $200 million, then they're right to take it off the table. -- nm - Inigo Dec 10, 08:40 4
  - hard to know if you're competitive when no other teams have yet apparently made your player an offer - jar jar trump Dec 10, 08:42 3
    - They deny they upped the offer. Given Angelos' past stinginess, and stubbornness to increase his offers, I tend to believe them. - Inigo Dec 10, 08:47 2
      - nobody (well maybe the Mets) will give him the 8 years. somebody dumber than the 0's might give him 7. i'm fine with that - jar jar trump Dec 10, 09:03 1
        
        I told ya, expected deals in those prediction boards was 6/144 or so. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 10, 09:05
- thank god -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 10, 08:37
- that contract would have been a GM killer. nm -- nm - groiny Dec 10, 08:37 1
  - It's one you have to make given the franchise history, and one you pray he doesn't accept. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 10, 08:40
jedi flu: are you taking next Friday off to go see Force Awakens? - jar jar trump Dec 10, 08:28 19
- Yes I am. I am in rehearsals all week and have the office Christmas Party. That weekend I sing in 2 Holiday concerts and I have 5 days vacation left - R2-Deev2 Dec 10, 09:05
- Jedi Flu: Apparently if it strikes you down, you become more powerful than you can possibly imagine. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 08:52
- My friend got tickets for Thursday night and invited me to go. Going to the 10pm. -- nm - Darth Sycor Dec 10, 08:49
- Your midichlorians are elevated. I prescribe rest and tincture of womp rat as needed. And lay off the force choking for a few days. -- nm - Dr. Medicine Dec 10, 08:42
- Originally yes i was but were seeing it on saturday so no need -- nm - eag Dec 10, 08:37 1
  - the big three Hollywood theaters (Cinerama Dome, El Capitan, and Chinese IMAX) are all running it and i'll probably see it on at least two of them - jar jar trump Dec 10, 08:41
- No. Seems unnecessary given the 730 showtime the night before -- nm - JD Dec 10, 08:37
- Nope, not seeing it until the 28th -- nm - spamlet Dec 10, 08:35
- Why go on Friday when I can see it on Thursday at 7pm? -- nm - Inigo Dec 10, 08:35
- Not seeing it till the Sunday. -- nm - Landie Calrissian Dec 10, 08:34
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- I'll probably see it when it hits blu-ray -- nm - decline Dec 10, 08:31
- I still haven't gotten over my case of Chester A. Arthritis -- nm - prayformojo Dec 10, 08:30 1
  - Can't we have one town meeting that doesn't end with us digging up a corpse? -- nm - Sith Lord Sexypants Dec 10, 08:48
- this is not the cough you are looking for... - Senator Profitine Dec 10, 08:30
- I'm going to be a Time Ninja - Buda Fett Dec 10, 08:30
- Coming in late (seeing the 1AM), if not off. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 10, 08:29 2
  - no that's the remlik clap -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 10, 08:30 1
    - Remlik has the Clap? -- nm - Buda Fett Dec 10, 08:31
did we know that the 72 yo founder of North Face and Esprit died in a kayak accident in Chile on Tuesday? -- (link) - Landie Calrissian Dec 10, 08:26 2
- Yup. Sucks. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 08:50
- yup. -- nm - decline Dec 10, 08:27
PFT: Revis Island is back -- (link) - Buda Fett Dec 10, 08:26 1
- Baltimore Ravens Twitter on it this morning -- (link) - Buda Fett Dec 10, 08:37
I just logged back on to Ika.org. What's going on? - spamlet Dec 10, 08:22
GG Totals: 4 noms for Carol and Big Short, 3 noms for Revenant and Steve Jobs -- (link*) -- (edited) - Buda Fett Dec 10, 08:13 3
- Nom questions: Did JLaw get a nom. And who from Fargo got nommed? -- nm - Jova Fett Dec 10, 08:16 2
  - Go fish! - Spawn Solo Dec 10, 08:18 1
    - Thanks. and aww was hoping Danson would get a supporting nod for Fargo - Jova Fett Dec 10, 08:26
I'm so spoiled by Amazon Prime shipping. - Mark HaML Dec 10, 08:09 10
- *laughing* amateur -- nm - Postmates Dec 10, 08:34
- I looked at ordering something yesterday morning and Amazon offered to have it delivered to me, via Prime, for free by the end of the same day. -- nm* - ty97 Dec 10, 08:21 2
  - Then why are you stressing? You have plenty of time if they will Prime it. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 10, 08:34
  - well hello Mr. Fancy-pants -- nm - decline Dec 10, 08:25
- US Prime sounds pretty golden. CDN Prime? Yeah not so much. -- nm - ShaunShaun Dec 10, 08:12
- They really screw over those that don't have it. I waited a long time for my cat food delivery. -- (edited) - Krusty Dec 10, 08:11 2
  - One of the things my mom ordered last year for Christmas too several weeks to arrive. As in it wasn't there for Xmas. I called and complained because - Darth Sycor Dec 10, 08:51 1
    - this happened with a gift for my MIL one year. They made it right thankfully. -- nm - R2-Deev2 Dec 10, 09:23
- Truth, Anytime it takes more than a day to ship and a couple more to receive, - Buda Fett Dec 10, 08:10 1
  - ik, r? -- nm - R2-Deev2 Dec 10, 08:11
Saw Sisters again last night... - Buda Fett Dec 10, 08:07 1
- Stud. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 10, 08:07
was mark hamil playing a crazy guy in this weeks ep of Flash? -- nm - Truman Dec 10, 08:04 4
- Reprising his role from the 90s version of Flash -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 08:49
- Trickster is a reoccurring role, that he plays much like the Joker. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 10, 08:07 1
  - k. thanks. i actually watched an ep of that, and arrow, this week. as i was sitting at home working all evening both nights. -- nm - Truman Dec 10, 08:10
- it's a recurring roll as the Trickster -- nm - decline Dec 10, 08:06
s.o.b. get me a drink. - Truman Dec 10, 08:03 1
- Sorry, but glad I am not the only lover of that one. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 10, 08:24
I liked how on the 'Hamilton' category last night on Jeopardy the "answers" written were the actual lyrics from the show. - R2-Deev2 Dec 10, 08:00
WSJ: Cable Cord-Cutting Is Accelerating -- (link) - Buda Fett Dec 10, 07:59 4
- I'm currently reading some Freedom of Information Act complaints about data caps (thanks dawson!). People hate cable companies the way I hate... - Sith Lord Sexypants Dec 10, 08:02 2
  - I will celebrate the bankruptcy of Comcast heartily. -- nm - Senator Profitine Dec 10, 08:04 1
    - It will be a while, they have great profits from their purchase of the highest rated tv network. - ty97 Dec 10, 08:23
- Dear NCAA: cut all ties with tv channels and find a way to make me give you ALL my money for streaming college football games. -- nm - ty97 Dec 10, 08:01
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- You are so ignorant -- nm - ty97 Dec 10, 08:00
Leaving this one for Reagen since we discussed the other night. From reporting on Canada Post.... -- (link) - Name Withheld By Request Dec 10, 07:52
Survivor thought from last night (spoils) -- (edited) - Jova Fett Dec 10, 07:51 5
- but also - prayformojo Dec 10, 07:58 2
  - He's one or two seasons away from jumping in the water himself -- nm - Obi-Wan Kilobi Dec 10, 08:01
  - Spoilers - Sith Lord Sexypants Dec 10, 08:00
- I'm still laughing about the "we" -- nm - Obi-Wan Kilobi Dec 10, 07:54 1
  - I was almost screaming..... - prayformojo Dec 10, 07:58
XMen:Apocalypse Poster...Trailer out tomorrow -- (link*) - Buda Fett Dec 10, 07:48
I love *everything* about the dano house of the week. -- nm - amanda Dec 10, 07:46 8
- I think it needs some painting (the kitchen and the bathroom) but other than that it looks great. - spamlet Dec 10, 08:15
- and holy crap is it cheap. -- nm - decline Dec 10, 07:55
- Happy Birthday Amanda! - Jova Fett Dec 10, 07:53
- it's *huge* -- nm - Landie Calrissian Dec 10, 07:48 4
  - it is, but he can close off rooms and not heat them in winter or airbnb them or turn a bedroom into a closet. I mean, it's *big* but for this area - amanda Dec 10, 07:51 3
    - Maybe later turn some of that space into a second bathroom. -- nm - Meg Dec 10, 09:11
    - oh, that's not really a bad thing, it's just, you know, big. -- nm - Landie Calrissian Dec 10, 07:53 1
      - size matters -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 10, 08:16
What happens you do a magic trick for an orangutan? -- (link) - pmb Dec 10, 07:41 [youtube] 2
- Saw that on the news this morning - hilarious !! -- nm - Meg Dec 10, 09:10
- that's awesome. -- nm - Landie Calrissian Dec 10, 07:42
I have no idea what to get for anyone this year and it is stressing he hell out of me. -- nm - ty97 Dec 10, 07:40 14
- I don't know what to get for anyone either but I've decided to not let it stress me out this year. -- nm - R2-Deev2 Dec 10, 08:04 6
  - It amazes me that peeps stress over this. Just, let it happen. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 10, 08:09 1
    - I get it and I've been there before. But I'm letting the stress I used to feel over it go from now on. -- nm - R2-Deev2 Dec 10, 08:11
  - *puppy dog head tilt* Decided not to let something stress you? That's a ...thing....people do? - ty97 Dec 10, 08:05 3
    - Look at it this way. It's every year. The people you buy for are the people who love you so much they ask you to move next door to them at least twice - R2-Deev2 Dec 10, 08:08 2
      - :) I know they will be happy whatever I get them. - ty97 Dec 10, 08:47 1
        
        nothing will ever be perfect so don't stress yourself trying to find that. -- nm - R2-Deev2 Dec 10, 09:08
- I have not found the " wow" gift this season -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 10, 07:53 2
  - me neither and I've made my peace with it. Besides, I'd only ruin it anyway. -- nm - R2-Deev2 Dec 10, 08:04 1
    - Ruiner! - Pippy Bells Dec 10, 08:18
- I was having this discussion with my brother in law over Thanksgiving. It's getting harder because family members kind of have everything. So much - pmb Dec 10, 07:43 1
  - This is so true. I'm hoping more folks in my extended family will start to get comfortable with this. -- nm - R2-Deev2 Dec 10, 08:17
- I so love that my family no longer exchange gifts. My stress level is at zero. -- nm - decline Dec 10, 07:43 1
  - Yup. -- nm - mara Dec 10, 07:45
Did you hear that Twin Peaks is coming back? And the X-Files! -- nm - Mop Dec 10, 07:38
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- I haven't seen Gravity outside of the ads. I would say that I feel like I've seen Mad Max visually before with Snyder and Miller. - Will Hunting Dec 10, 07:43 1
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- Do we want to get some GG Picks goin? - Buda Fett Dec 10, 07:42 5
  - My Picks -- (edited) - Buda Fett Dec 10, 07:56 1
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    - . -- (edited) - Buda Fett Dec 10, 07:55
  - I'm a big fan of GG pics -- nm - decline Dec 10, 07:43
- How does the kid from Room not get nominated? That's baffling. And The Martian is a comedy? I mean it had comedic moments but I think if you - pmb Dec 10, 07:40 2
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    - *finger to nose* It might as well be called Pool 1 and Pool A. -- nm - Admiral Ackbaron Dec 10, 07:49
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  - Your IM is the interesting part to me. I'm surprised it isn't getting more acting nods. -- nm - ty97 Dec 10, 07:38 1
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Jason Heyward Talks Progressing; Cubs, Cardinals Among Finalists -- (link) - Mark HaML Dec 10, 07:36 6
- Heyward is an interesting case, he is a great ballplayer, but I don't think he is worth nearly what he is gonna get. - groiny Dec 10, 08:25
- Him and Davis are two guys I would not want to put $$$ into. - Will Hunting Dec 10, 07:38 4
  - Between those two, I'd much rather Heyward because he at least gives you defense. -- nm - spamlet Dec 10, 07:41 3
    - Which is fine but he gets less than 2 plays a game... - Will Hunting Dec 10, 07:46 2
      - they were talking about him playing CF for the Cubs if he comes over. - groiny Dec 10, 08:23
      - No but it's more than what Davis gives you when Bad Chris shows up again. -- nm - spamlet Dec 10, 08:16
TNF!!! -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 10, 07:36 2
- It's going to be rough. -- nm - ewokicripple Dec 10, 07:40 1
  - As a Carson Palmer owner, I am good with that. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 10, 07:53

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