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ST Madlibs - My colleague is fielding a complaint call and taking notes. "So, sir, let me make sure I understand - they gave the student a - ewokicripple Dec 10, 11:45 2
- is this 9 1 1? a nurse hotline for medical questions? -- nm - General Zeit Dec 10, 11:47 1
  - We're a children's theatre. -- nm - ewokicripple Dec 10, 11:48
Nominoptions Question: What is the source material the 'Creed' screenplay adapted from? -- nm - R2-Deev2 Dec 10, 11:45 6
- Wiki refers to it as a "spinoff" of the original Rocky series. -- (edited) - Mark HaML Dec 10, 11:47
- Sequels or existing characters are automatically Adapted. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 10, 11:47 1
  - Ah, thanks. -- nm - R2-Deev2 Dec 10, 11:50
- take a bunch of 'sports' scripts, run them through a shredder that cuts in long thin strips, reassemble as best you can? -- nm - General Zeit Dec 10, 11:46
- I guess the ongoing Rocky IP? -- nm - ewokicripple Dec 10, 11:46 1
  - That's my guess. Sequels (or 'sequels') are normally considered adapted -- nm - ty97 Dec 10, 11:47
myvegas mobile players: Multi-user 1000 *Slots* Mobile Gold LP's - 59ZWCZFR -- nm - General Zeit Dec 10, 11:43
Huh, our DirecTv dish got hit by lightning at some point -- we just lost service in the last few days intermittently. -- nm* - Will Hunting Dec 10, 11:41 2
- curse you edit function -- nm* - Mark HaML Dec 10, 11:42 1
  - see -- (link) - Obi-Wan Kilobi Dec 10, 11:43 [Image]
"Hearing talk that Jason Heyward isn't looking for 10 years at $20M/year. More like $24M/year for 8 or 9 years." - Mark HaML Dec 10, 11:39 3
- This is also what I am looking for. Duh. -- nm - ShaunShaun Dec 10, 11:47
- All it takes is 1 moron...please be Boston or New York, please be Boston or New York. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 10, 11:45
- 1 year at $200M. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 10, 11:40
Some folks here might dig Alton Brown's title on this video -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 10, 11:39 [youtube] 1
- I do need to report back that I used his turkey recipe (that someone on ST posted) over Thanksgiving and it turned out *great.* - Mark HaML Dec 10, 11:41
NFL: Gronk practicing today, Same for JJ Watt - budice Dec 10, 11:37
And now my daughter's high school has been evacuated. Stupid kids. -- nm - jaxSean Dec 10, 11:36 1
- :( -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 10, 11:47
Also, Delta already had free coach snacks. UA brining them back could/should force AA to do so - ty97 Dec 10, 11:36
Dawson, take back the grain of salt. Official word now is "no word on how international upgraded will work" - ty97 Dec 10, 11:31 1
- And Mop, you can look at BA, AF, JL, QF, etc to see what PE is like, they have had it for years - ty97 Dec 10, 11:33
review time! - jar jar trump Dec 10, 11:29 1
- good luck! -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 10, 11:47
YOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Keurig K45 Elite Brewing System for $60 shipped. That's half-price, ya'll. -- (link) - Mark HaML Dec 10, 11:23 14
- K-cups need to die. -- nm - ShaunShaun Dec 10, 11:29 11
  - ekobrew! ekobrew! ekobrew! -- (link*) - Landie Calrissian Dec 10, 11:34 1
    - yep, these are great -- nm - Mark HaML Dec 10, 11:38
  - god seriously. how wasteful. my friend's mom uses them for tea. how is kcup easier than teabag?? -- nm - amanda Dec 10, 11:32 8
    - The ad campaign says "No Mess". They've clearly never tried to recycle those mf-ing cups. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 11:34 6
      - re-usable K-cup FTW -- nm - Mark HaML Dec 10, 11:35 5
        
        That thing makes a shitty cup of coffee, imo -- nm - ShaunShaun Dec 10, 11:37 4
        
        in what way? it is coffee, filtered. and you can use whatever coffee you want. -- nm* - Landie Calrissian Dec 10, 11:40 3
        
        It just never tasted right for me, regardless. Regularly brewed coffee tastes better, imo. -- nm - ShaunShaun Dec 10, 11:42 2
        
        this is the best best single cup coffee maker ever. -- (link) - amanda Dec 10, 11:44 1
        
        Nice. -- nm - ShaunShaun Dec 10, 11:47
    - Even the guy (who got filthy rich from them) who invented them says he wishes he never created them. -- nm - ShaunShaun Dec 10, 11:34
- (this is the model that doesn't use proprietary cups) -- nm - Mark HaML Dec 10, 11:27
- get 'em before the company is destroyed by their new owners!! -- nm - decline Dec 10, 11:24
something about knowing someone by the company they keep... -- (link*) -- (link*) - znufrii Dec 10, 11:23
Lunch Hour Discussion Weigh-In Required: How off base is "The left spends more time trying to understand what motivates ISIS than what motivates.... - Name Withheld By Request Dec 10, 11:22 21
- False. I don't think anyone knows what motivates ISIS -- finding out a Trump voter is more directly "They walk among us." -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 10, 11:43 2
  - Angry white folk aren't shy when given cover by Trump to voice their unhappiness. -- nm - TWuGbacca Dec 10, 11:46 1
    - I am astonished by the seething desire for ugly f*cks to use the N word in public (I know 'the blacks' *love* 'the donald, but he'll get them eventual -- nm - General Zeit Dec 10, 11:50
- I think most of us have a pretty good idea what motivates Trump voters (though we're still stunned by them). ISIS is less easy to understand. And - pmb Dec 10, 11:39
- the middle class (as in most of us) is getting crushed by the burden of carrying the wealthy on our backs, wages not growing with real inflation - General Zeit Dec 10, 11:34
- It's the same thing though, right? Tribalism that reacts to fear, responds to authority, be that religion or nationalism or both. - ewokicripple Dec 10, 11:33 1
  - "We already established that, now we're just haggling over price"? -- nm - Reagen Dec 10, 11:35
- Wait... no one has actually voted for Trump -- nm - Yoda Dec 10, 11:31
- Neither are particularly shy about their motives. -- nm - Reagen Dec 10, 11:27 3
  - I think the size of the support gives even the most cynical person reason for pause to assess. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 10, 11:29 2
    - I don't see why a large amount of people can't be bigots. -- nm - Reagen Dec 10, 11:36 1
      - indeed. - Beryllium Dec 10, 11:38
- the same left that is currently bombing the shit out of them? -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 10, 11:27 5
  - The discussion wasn't about the political left per se. More the general commentator/activists. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 10, 11:28 4
    - "Bigots" undersells Daesh by quite a margin - Reagen Dec 10, 11:31 1
      - "decapitating neckfuckers"? -- nm* - Beryllium Dec 10, 11:32
    - oh, i don't particularly care about what motivates a Trump voter. they're dying out and won't be a significant electoral factor eventually -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 10, 11:30 1
      - that was our comedic narative last month, but the deep rumble of gun toting aholes is alarming -- nm - General Zeit Dec 10, 11:38
- I don't think it takes much to undrr -- nm - TWuGbacca Dec 10, 11:26 1
  - Understand what motivates a Trump voter. -- nm - TWuGbacca Dec 10, 11:27
- for starters, we know what motivates would-be Trump voters. -- (edited) - znufrii Dec 10, 11:25
The Force Awakens will open in 3900 theaters (est.) -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 10, 11:19 9
- oh yeah, here comes my short money -- nm - Max Windu Dec 10, 11:36
- with recliner seating the number of tickets per showing went from 500 to 55 -- nm - General Zeit Dec 10, 11:25
- that's it? -- nm - decline Dec 10, 11:19 6
  - right? i was expecting 4200+ -- nm - Landie Calrissian Dec 10, 11:35
  - TPM was sub 3000 in its release - Reagen Dec 10, 11:22 2
    - I don't know if there are concessions on this one, but Phantom Menace demands were the harshest I've ever seen. - Sith Lord Sexypants Dec 10, 11:36 1
      - That would be a crazy ask over Christmas. -- nm - Reagen Dec 10, 11:50
  - that number could increase. -- nm - R2-Deev2 Dec 10, 11:21
  - That's still plenty to break records, but there's always a late December venue count crunch. -- nm - Sith Lord Sexypants Dec 10, 11:20
The Norovirus count for the Chipotle BC students is up to 141 - 1/2 the basketball team is sick -- nm - decline Dec 10, 11:18 3
- Damn, they have a 280 person basketball team?! I'm pretty sure you're only allowed to have 22 on the court at any given time... -- nm - Endor Dec 10, 11:19 2
  - and yet they still can't play zone defense worth a lick -- nm - prayformojo Dec 10, 11:22
  - it's a big school -- nm - decline Dec 10, 11:20
We have *azaleas* blooming in our back hard. Damn fool things don't realize it's freaking December -- nm - prayformojo Dec 10, 11:15 4
- I was legitimately worried my cherry tree was going to go back into blossom. -- nm - Reagen Dec 10, 11:20 2
  - Misread as "back into bosom." -- nm - Admiral Ackbaron Dec 10, 11:22 1
    - Bumper crop on the boob tree this year. -- nm - Reagen Dec 10, 11:29
- go throw a bucket of ice water on 'em to make 'em realize it's winter -- nm - decline Dec 10, 11:19
OTOH, Danish Girl screening tonight. -- nm - Buda Fett Dec 10, 11:10 2
- so so so so good -- nm - ty97 Dec 10, 11:30
- oooohj -- nm - Landie Calrissian Dec 10, 11:17
Rumor has it that San Francisco might get a professional soccer team. What should they name it? - Beryllium Dec 10, 11:07 26
- (Grateful) Dead. branding -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 10, 11:25
- rainbows -- nm - Groindo (Green lives matter) Dec 10, 11:24
- Treat. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 10, 11:21 2
  - I must've missed this ad campaign -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 11:31 1
    - Rice E' Roni. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 10, 11:46
- Zodiacs -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 10, 11:19
- SFFC -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 10, 11:19
- FullHouses. -- nm* - Admiral Ackbaron Dec 10, 11:16
- Gold....crabs.....gay ballers.....the Treats (as in Ricearoni, the san francisco treat -- nm - General Zeit Dec 10, 11:15 3
  - the Hippies,,,the communists....the Utopians.....The Circuit Breakers...the Motherboards...The San Fran Pride....the rainbows...the Raves...Extasy -- nm - General Zeit Dec 10, 11:24 2
    - SF Breakers -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 11:31 1
      - I think there was a team called that, forget what sport though -- nm - General Zeit Dec 10, 11:41
- The Rent's Too Damn High -- nm - Sith Lord Sexypants Dec 10, 11:12
- Earthquake -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 10, 11:10 3
  - Already taken by San Jose -- nm - JD Dec 10, 11:14
  - San Jose already has that name -- nm - znufrii Dec 10, 11:13
  - Tremors -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 11:11
- and Kaep's gonna try out for goalie -- nm - decline Dec 10, 11:10 1
  - how many jersey's do I have to buy for this dude?! -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 10, 11:57
- Google Soccer -- nm - znufrii Dec 10, 11:09 1
  - The San Francisco OK Google -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 11:10
- Gentrifiers -- nm - TWuGbacca Dec 10, 11:09 2
  - Disrupters (or Disruption) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 11:11
  - I like Gentrifiers -- nm - RC-3PO Dec 10, 11:10
- 49ers -- nm - Buda Fett Dec 10, 11:09
- The New York/New Jersey MetroStars -- nm - prayformojo Dec 10, 11:09
The Final Girls gets a B or B-. There are a few things that work, and work very well-there's not enough in between to sustain the rest of the movie -- nm - prayformojo Dec 10, 11:06
I was thinking about what the equivalent of steerage would be for air travel and then I realized, "Oh, Ryan Air". -- nm - Reagen Dec 10, 11:05
Kilbo, don't do it. -- nm - R2-Deev2 Dec 10, 11:04 4
- It's done -- nm - Obi-Wan Kilobi Dec 10, 11:07 1
  - oh no -- nm - Mark HaML Dec 10, 11:18
- don't listen to her! eat that shit -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 10, 11:05 1
  - *spins the STD wheel* -- nm - oblik si Dec 10, 11:06
JJ Watt broke his hand at practice yesterday. Still plans to play on Sunday -- (link) - decline Dec 10, 11:02 1
- Now, he's going to play quarterback. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 10, 11:06
Screening My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 at Universal Lot tomorrow -- nm - Buda Fett Dec 10, 10:50 18
- You can be a hero. -- nm - Reagen Dec 10, 11:02
- When you report back, just tell us how many Aloha's you'd give it -- nm - Obi-Wan Kilobi Dec 10, 10:56 5
  - Wait, which direction does that scale go in? -- nm - iSpam Dec 10, 11:07 3
    - inverse quadratic -- nm - decline Dec 10, 11:09 2
      - negative binomial -- nm - Buda Fett Dec 10, 11:09 1
        
        purple monkey dishwasher -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 10, 11:11
  - "The whole movie needs to be sprayed with Windex." -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 11:03
- What's weird is it's a Sony movie. - Will Hunting Dec 10, 10:52 1
  - Alternatively, "We're screening *what*?" -- nm - Universal Studios Dec 10, 10:52
- "I'm pretty sure the law would view this as bigamy" -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 10, 10:51 1
  - not if she got married to same guy again (and yeah, people have whole big deals for vow renewals)...but two husbands would make a better movie -- nm - General Zeit Dec 10, 10:54
- I'm sorry -- nm - decline Dec 10, 10:51
- I'm interested to hear if it's not awful. Because I naturally assume it is awful. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 10:51 5
  - It has to be awful. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 10, 10:52 4
    - 90 Minute Ethnic Sitcom: The Movie. -- nm - Reagen Dec 10, 10:59 1
      - Greek people be like! -- nm - jar jar trump Dec 10, 11:01
    - If Tom Hanks and his wife are involved again, that might be a saving grace .. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 10:57 1
      - whoa, whoa, whoa, speaking of tom hanks' wife: Rita Wilson says she is now cancer-free -- (link) - Beryllium Dec 10, 10:58
zeitgeist - check into ika when ou have a min -- nm - Senator Profitine Dec 10, 10:48 4
- I've been in and out. say, is that little town a mobile pillage colony? maybe we could all delete our villas -- nm - General Zeit Dec 10, 10:52 3
  - can you send me 150 crystal, I can build a temple, fire it and cut my recharge time in half -- nm - General Zeit Dec 10, 11:07 2
    - I can. To where? -- nm - iSpam Dec 10, 11:08 1
      - ports are blocked, so no you can't, anyway, this guy keeps sending massive force, recalling seconds before landing -- nm - General Zeit Dec 10, 11:27
guys when the board rolls I have a question to ask -- nm - Mark HaML Dec 10, 10:47 5
- this is going to take *forever* -- nm - Beryllium Dec 10, 10:47 4
  - oh well let's call my post above a teaser -- nm* - Mark HaML Dec 10, 10:48 3
    - The actual post will appear on Kimmel. -- nm - Reagen Dec 10, 11:01 2
      - I feel bad for colbert, but ... - Beryllium Dec 10, 11:03 1
        
        I watch the 2nd half of colbert after TDS and Nightly -- nm - General Zeit Dec 10, 11:45
Execute Order 66 -- nm - Buda Fett Dec 10, 10:47 2
- Enhance 34 to 36 -- nm - RC-3PO Dec 10, 11:00 1
  - print me a hard copy ... -- nm - Ishmael, Holiday Brade Runner Dec 10, 11:38

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