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til from the list of suggestions google is promoting on their splash page today: google keep exists. nm but: -- (link) - b. Dec 30, 16:10
Cruz Missile crushin it -- (link) - humbug Dec 30, 16:04
I'm amused at the notion of Bill Cosby's mug shot going into the mug book. - Reagen Dec 30, 15:58 4
- "That's him, officer! That's the man that gave us cake for breakfast!" -- nm - TWuGbacca Dec 30, 16:18 1
  - Hee! -- nm - kelly Dec 30, 16:21
- Imagine him in a lineup, where a witness needs to id a perp. - budice Dec 30, 16:01 1
  - "Yeah, he's the man I saw in Leonard Part VI!" -- nm - Beaker Dec 30, 16:02
WWE sold out the Chicago NXT show in 30 minutes -- nm - Remlik Dec 30, 15:49
Wow, the Star Trek stamps are pretty cool. SITWAP -- (link) - mara Dec 30, 15:43
Force Awakens question prompted by the commercial I just saw. Spoilers. -- (edited) - Deck the Volnelk Dec 30, 15:43 3
- spoilers... - Mel Profit Dec 30, 16:01 2
  - Thats something the movie doesnt explain...spoils -- (edited) - budice Dec 30, 16:03 1
    - spoils - Peglegpete Dec 30, 16:16
Hateful 8: 70mm Roadshow - B-. -- nm - MDH Dec 30, 15:38 1
- I'll give it a B+ spoilers - JD Dec 30, 15:49
Manning to back up Osweiler. -- nm - Remlik Dec 30, 15:33
Trump: "I know words, I have the best words." -- nm - Reagen Dec 30, 15:24 1
- Video. He has words. Grammar, though.... -- (link) - Auld TWuG Syne Dec 30, 15:27
5 minutes into The Lone Ranger and I want to kill everyone involved with it -- nm - Beaker Dec 30, 15:03 3
- there has not been a good LR, excluding Clayton Moore -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 30, 16:11
- skip to the last 25 mintues. that's great stuff. -- nm - Remlik Dec 30, 15:09 1
  - Skip it completely and watch Rango instead. -- nm - Qale Dec 30, 15:11
Sorry, everybody. I think I've shelved the idea of making jambalaya for New Years Eve dinner. Too much prep work. Instead, we'll go with - prayformojo Dec 30, 14:49 2
- We are repeating last year's "appetizer dinner". It'll be a party for the 3 of us. - kelly Dec 30, 16:10
- Acceptable -- nm - Pippy Bells Dec 30, 15:56
So did the police union every carry through on their terrorist threats against Hateful Eight? -- nm - New Year's Mop Dec 30, 14:42 2
- The 70mm is selling out in multiple theaters here so I guess not. -- nm - Krusty Dec 30, 15:06
- nah. I think they finally decided to just be cops and not overpaid asshats. -- nm* - Jovian Dec 30, 14:51
There are obviously limits to what CBS and Paramount will allow when it comes to Star Trek fan films. -- (link) - New Year's Mop Dec 30, 14:39 2
- How they ever thought to get that by Paramount.... -- nm - Auld TWuG Syne Dec 30, 14:42 1
  - becuase they've allowed a ton of other well funded crowd sourced Star Trek projects to continue. But I get it... -- nm* - Remlik Dec 30, 15:10
Sports Overtime Rules, Ranked -- (link) - amoxy Dec 30, 14:37
Floridians: do you know of a species of lizard that gets into people's houses? -- nm - mara Dec 30, 14:33 9
- geckos -- nm - Remlik Dec 30, 14:49
- Brown anole? They're everywhere. -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 30, 14:38 2
  - I saw that mentioned, but also saw that the gecko is so commonly found in buildings they call it the house lizard. :-) -- nm - mara Dec 30, 14:42 1
    - Pretty much everywhere tropical you're likely to find those. -- nm - Mistletoe Meg Dec 30, 14:48
- Gecko, I think! -- nm - mara Dec 30, 14:35
- I don't know the name but I remember them from when one set of grandparent's moved down there briefly. I used to gather them in a jar. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 30, 14:34 2
  - anoles -- nm - Auld TWuG Syne Dec 30, 14:34 1
    - yep, brown anoles -- nm - CQ Dec 30, 14:35
- we used to have them inside all the time. Little guys were cool. Ate all the bugs -- nm - CQ Dec 30, 14:34
Side note, I thought Dr. Pepper was it's own company (bottled or distributed by whomever) but apparently the same company owns Snapple, IBC, A&W, - Darth Sycor Dec 30, 14:27 7
- a pale imitation of the original -- (link) - humbug Dec 30, 14:36
- Started that way I'm sure, but all that bottling gear can be kept running with more products, more local distribution -- nm - General Zeit Dec 30, 14:30
- Beer companies also getting that way -- nm - budice Dec 30, 14:29 4
  - Speaking of, the Blue Moon ad is so effin pretentious about the guy walking into bars and showing bartenders how to garnish with an orange - CQ Dec 30, 14:30 3
    - yes -- nm - prayformojo Dec 30, 14:38
    - You have to market to your vendors as well as 5he consumer -- nm - General Zeit Dec 30, 14:32 1
      - So.....douche beer, got it -- nm - CQ Dec 30, 14:34
This is right, right? At the end of the last season of GoT, Myrcella is (spoiler) - prayformojo Dec 30, 14:25 1
- spoils - Peglegpete Dec 30, 14:30
I'm out of Snapple !! - and my grocery budget is locked until New Year. - Mistletoe Meg Dec 30, 14:20 6
- Substitute wine and beer. -- nm - New Year's Mop Dec 30, 14:26 1
  - Never risk the wine running out - and I still have some of the 'shine Nog left :) -- nm - Mistletoe Meg Dec 30, 14:46
- Snapple and wine are totally interchangable. They're both fruit juice. -- nm - Darth Sycor Dec 30, 14:26
- Good, drink milk like the rest of us -- nm - Megs cats Dec 30, 14:25 1
  - Nice try. Cats are lactose intolerant. Who are you really? -- nm - New Year's Mop Dec 30, 14:27
- Red Alert! -- nm - Commander Riker Dec 30, 14:25
Oscar ballots go out to Academy members today -- nm - humbug Dec 30, 14:20
Kazmir to the Dodgers. -- nm - Tim Dec 30, 14:19 1
- 3 years, $48 million, opt out after first year. (nm) - Tim Dec 30, 14:21
"Can I ride my bike to the park?" oh, I admire your optimism, kid -- nm - Reagen Dec 30, 14:19
I've been at my MIL's for an hour and already need some of Raygun's whiskey. -- nm* - ML Galaxy Dec 30, 14:16 3
- Did you find any Rittenhouse? -- nm - General Zeit Dec 30, 14:19
- I was getting quite unpicky towards the end. -- nm - Reagen Dec 30, 14:18 1
  - a good pairing with Mel's Finnish Death Metal -- nm - budice Dec 30, 14:19
I love when my students end up proving 0=0 as if it means something. -- nm - Reagen Dec 30, 14:15
Oh FFS, George. -- (link) - ML Galaxy Dec 30, 14:15 16
- OTT and I watched that interview the other night. multiple times, he got in the way of his own messages re: things like that. - b. Dec 30, 16:09
- Eh, he used it in reference to the fact that he thinks of the movies as his kids which he said right before. No big. -- nm - Spawn Solo Dec 30, 15:28
- right...and those vile, racist stereo types in the prequels were just fine. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 30, 14:32
- well, the 6 movies he oversaw were populated with a cast of diverse white actors and actress. -- nm - Beaker Dec 30, 14:30
- I get they were his babies, but I'm glad they are out of his hinds now. He was way too close to them for anything good to ever happen. -- nm - Auld TWuG Syne Dec 30, 14:18
- pray they don't alter the deal any further. -- nm - Reagen Dec 30, 14:17
- he's not wrong - humbug Dec 30, 14:16 9
  - They are? Pixar, Marvel would all disagree. -- nm - Remlik Dec 30, 14:44
  - based on what? pretty much every article I've seen from staff says they are great to work for -- nm - Beaker Dec 30, 14:30 7
    - They'll flog any property within an inch of its merchandising life, but that was hardly a secret when George sold. - Auld TWuG Syne Dec 30, 14:33 6
      - that's just business, not white slavery -- nm - Emperor Beak Dec 30, 14:34 5
        
        the parameters of what is acceptable Disney "product" are fairly fascist -- nm - humbug Dec 30, 14:41 3
        
        Marvel comics? Pixar? yeah, all Hitler-lite -- nm - Beaker Dec 30, 15:04 2
        
        not the content. their creative process and output -- nm - humbug Dec 30, 15:05 1
        
        Avengers, Up, Captain america, yeah all Hitler-lite -- nm - Beaker Dec 30, 15:28
        
        Sure, but apparently not in Lucas' mind. -- nm - Auld TWuG Syne Dec 30, 14:35
Jeb! pulling his ad buys in Iowa and SC -- (link) - humbug Dec 30, 14:05 8
- Still has a chance to be the voice of reason for the GOP. - budice Dec 30, 14:11 2
  - he has nowhere to go but up at his point - humbug Dec 30, 14:14 1
    - True, it's not a bad position to be in. He has the connections to make others drop and support him. - budice Dec 30, 14:18
- he just looks so painfully desperate. - Mel Profit Dec 30, 14:07 4
  - we'll see. Cruz seems like a lock to win Iowa, but whether Trump supporters in NH actually turn out to vote for him is less certain - humbug Dec 30, 14:12 3
    - Yeah, NH will basically end 2 or 3 campaigns - Will Hunting Dec 30, 14:16 2
      - I dunno. The base cost Mitt the Presidency. I think they are that much more vocal and empowered. - Mel Profit Dec 30, 14:30 1
        
        The base GOP wants to rule. They will get their side cleared to fight the Trump/Cruz/Carson side. It's why Graham dropped out last week. - Will Hunting Dec 30, 14:51
I have blue tooth headphones and no blue tooth player to connect them to. How am I supposed to make dinner without tunes? -- nm - CQ Dec 30, 14:04 5
- I usually connect mine to my phone -- nm - Beryllium Dec 30, 14:16
- by make dinner to you mean ' drink the forsaken wine'? -- nm - Epiphany Dec 30, 14:09 1
  - crazy talk. I'm making steak fajitas -- nm - CQ Dec 30, 14:11
- hum -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 30, 14:07
- use your computer or phone speakers? (like an animal, I know) -- nm - Reagen Dec 30, 14:05
quick poll question - got tomorrow off? whole day? half day? none? -- nm - JenBro Dec 30, 14:02 20
- Half day, but I'll be here all day. -- nm - jnine Dec 30, 16:17
- off until monday, but at work right now to water plants and do some eoy things. -- nm - b. Dec 30, 16:12
- I'm free until Monday! Yay!!! 🙌 -- nm - Krusty Dec 30, 15:10
- whole day -- nm - Jovian Dec 30, 14:53
- I'll be off by 2 if not earlier but going in at 7 -- nm - eag Dec 30, 14:46
- day off, but we've had this whole week off and I've done work every flippin day -- nm - prayformojo Dec 30, 14:38
- half day, in the office. - Mel Profit Dec 30, 14:33
- off till Monday -- nm - Beaker Dec 30, 14:31
- One wedding then nothing -- nm - General Zeit Dec 30, 14:24
- off -- nm - amoxy Dec 30, 14:14
- half day -- nm - Epiphany Dec 30, 14:10
- Off (closed) -- nm - mara Dec 30, 14:09
- Working. Off on Friday. -- nm - JaxLangSyne Dec 30, 14:04
- yes -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 30, 14:03
- working, and prolly Friday too -- nm - humbug Dec 30, 14:03
- I'm taking a vacation day. -- nm - Dark Callisto Dec 30, 14:02
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- whole day, had half took full -- nm - budice Dec 30, 14:02
- I think we close at 3. -- nm - pmb Dec 30, 14:02
- whole day here -- nm - JenBro Dec 30, 14:02
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diva is currently butt dialin me... -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 30, 13:55 2
- Why do chicks stash phones in their back pockets -- nm - budice Dec 30, 13:57 1
  - I was using the parlance of the time. It's likely in her pocketbook. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 30, 14:06
Work email thread - Beryllium Dec 30, 13:46 1
- that last sentence slays -- nm - Epiphany Dec 30, 14:10
*cracks open emergency Finnish Death Metal box* -- nm - Reagen Dec 30, 13:45 5
- *accidentally opens the Finnish Love Metal box* -- (link*) - Raygunn si Dec 30, 13:53 [youtube] 1
  - !! Ville -- nm - Epiphany Dec 30, 14:11
- *finger to nose* -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 30, 13:49 2
  - uh oh - its music to Invade Poland with -- nm - Epiphany Dec 30, 14:10 1
    - I have the "Cube Smasher" Mix. I always say it should be paid inside the turret of a Russian Tank charging into Poland. -- nm - Mel Profit Dec 30, 14:12
" We should cut him down before HR starts snooping around" - Epiphany Dec 30, 13:39
The 50 best X-Wing pilots ranked - all kinds of Star Wars spoilers (and they pull from the Expanded Universe) -- (link*) - Emperor Beak Dec 30, 13:38 10
- Soontir Fel at #49?! He was robbed! -- nm - amoxy Dec 30, 14:13
- XWings specific, would have to include Anakin and ObiWan on the overall pilots list. -- nm - budice Dec 30, 13:59
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- Hashtag whocares -- nm - Beryllium Dec 30, 13:44 1
  - I care. -- nm - Luke Dec 30, 13:49
- holy frick, nerds. -- nm - Reagen Dec 30, 13:44 4
  - 600 Million dollars -- nm - Emperor Beak Dec 30, 13:50 3
    - even fantasy nerds are looking askance at you guys over stuff like this. -- nm - Reagen Dec 30, 13:52 2
      - GRRM please tell me more about the 8th cousin of the sister of the dude who was almost prefect of the 15th largest castle in Westeros -- nm - Emperor Beak Dec 30, 14:35
      - yeah...losers! -- nm - Game of Throne Fans Dec 30, 13:53
Big money is ruining collegiate chess! -- (link) - prayformojo Dec 30, 13:25 1
- Big money can ruin me all to hell. Cmon big money, do your worst -- nm - humbug Dec 30, 13:43
*blares Chop Suey* -- nm - Mel in his cube si Dec 30, 13:17
~a bottle of red, a bottle of white. It all depends upon your appetite~ -- nm - CQ Dec 30, 13:14 4
- gimme weed, whites and wine -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 30, 13:20 3
  - One pill makes you larger, one pill makes you small, and the ones that mother gives you, don't do anything at all -- nm - General Zeit Dec 30, 13:44 2
    - go ask Alice, when she's 10 feet tall -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 30, 13:51 1
      - I've been from Tucson to Tucumcari, Tehachapi to Tonopah, driven ever kinda rig thats ever been made, rode'm the back way so I wouldn't get wieghed -- nm - General Zeit Dec 30, 14:28

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