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Why am I wide awake at 3:40am? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 3, 00:37 1
- waiting for the break of day, searching for something to say, flashing lights against the sky giving up close your eyes, 25 or 6 to 4 -- nm* - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 3, 02:31
this making of Phantom Menace documentary from the time is just . . . you can see it all going wrong from the first day -- (link) - humbug Jan 3, 00:25 [youtube] 1
- "Jar Jar is the key to this" -- nm - J Jan 3, 06:15
Proof that it's actually winter: ice! -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 3, 00:13 [flickr]
friend's FB post: Bundy Ranch blocked me because I said their son was a domestic enemy and should be killed. -- nm - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 3, 00:10
So, for future reference, it's unwise to watch Prometheus with wives and pregnant women. - Beryllium Jan 2, 23:35 3
- or dudes, really -- nm - humbug Jan 2, 23:57 1
  - This is also true. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 2, 23:57
- They don't teach you that procedure in birthing class. -- nm - Baby New Mop Jan 2, 23:41
The Revenant is the fucking shit -- nm - humbug Jan 2, 22:41 1
- "OK, Leo, this is the scene where the bear charges at you angrily. Don't worry, though, he's just acting." -- nm - New Year's Mop Jan 2, 22:49
"Inside Out" edited to take out all the "inside" scenes. -- (link) - New Year's Mop Jan 2, 22:35 [vimeo] 1
- And it is suddenly a good movie! -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 2, 22:58
Boston Globe switches delivery company, newspapers go undelivered, union calls on employees to volunteer to help deliver. - New Year's Mop Jan 2, 22:31 2
- We had a similar problem here with the O.C. Register. Some people didn't get deliveries for days/weeks. -- nm - Meg Jan 2, 22:48
- union/management relationships don't have to be adversarial. - Reagen Jan 2, 22:40
Former TNA champ Magnus marries Former WWE Diva Mickie James... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 2, 21:53 2
- But I thought she only had eyes for Trish Stratus! -- nm - Qale Jan 2, 22:20
- and Emma and Zack Ryder are dating. -- nm - Tim Jan 2, 21:56
$400 MILLION Powerball jackpot wednesday night -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 2, 21:39
Bah, no Powerball winner here :( -- nm - Meg Jan 2, 21:02 2
- But hey, got rain to look forward to -- nm - budice Jan 2, 21:07
- agreed. they pulled the wrong numbers again. results are still pending if anyone nationwide won. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 2, 21:07
Day 1 and 2 of the Great Purge of 2016 are done. Larges swaths of closets freed up. Basement storage area almost completely purged and reorganized. - TWuG Jan 2, 20:50 9
- You're doing what I'd hoped to do this week. - Davi Jan 2, 20:58 6
  - Oh boy sleep! That's where I'm a viking! -- nm - Qale Jan 2, 21:10 1
    - Are you the Jarl? - TWuG Jan 2, 21:12
  - My new year's resolution was to either stand as a good example or as an object lesson. So far, so good! -- nm - TWuG Jan 2, 21:02 3
    - Maybe Dave can hire you -- nm - budice Jan 2, 21:07 2
      - "I didn't think digital media could take up so much *physical* space!" -- nm - TWuG Jan 2, 21:12 1
        
        Our empty Funko boxes take up a full closet now. - Davi Jan 2, 21:14
- You're way ahead of me. I cleaned out one stash of paperwork and set up trash and shred bags. Took a few magazines and books - Meg Jan 2, 20:57 1
  - I try to do this every year and do mini-purges throughout the year. - TWuG Jan 2, 21:01
"Treason is a charge invented by winners as an excuse for hanging the losers" - znufrii Jan 2, 20:41
Comparing my MBPr to a Sony Vaio (a few years age difference) .. yikes. - Beryllium Jan 2, 20:30 1
- Also, Sony sold Viao to Lenovo, so that's over. -- nm - Baby New Mop Jan 2, 20:39
Things I learned today: Pandora plays less ads than Spotify in their respective free versions. -- nm - Qale Jan 2, 20:25
2016: The year Rick Springfield's video for Human Touch takes place. -- (link) - Dano Jan 2, 20:19 [youtube]
Oh that crazy Grover Norquist. Don't change buddy. -- (link) - iSpam Jan 2, 20:07 8
- *puppy dog head tilt* -- nm - Reagen Jan 2, 20:12 5
  - He means the bad kind of English -- nm - Rollo Jan 2, 20:20 3
    - Protecting us from excessive use of the letter "u" so we can spell "about" correctly. -- nm - Baby New Mop Jan 2, 20:38
    - Just put the damn u in colour already! -- nm - Reagen Jan 2, 20:26 1
      - I was setting you up for a John Waite joke but this was better -- nm - Rollo Jan 2, 20:46
  - (That Nathan Fillion gif in the replies is the perfect response) -- nm - Reagen Jan 2, 20:18
- That's fucking hilarious! -- nm - Baby New Mop Jan 2, 20:12 1
  - see Mop gets it, now that he's an American. -- nm - Remlik Jan 2, 20:18
I'm now reminded of my favorite true crime documentary: Knee Deep. I can't find it streaming. It's played as a dark comedy. -- (link) - Dano Jan 2, 19:48
150 Armed Militia Members Take Over Federal Building in Oregon -- (link) - amoxy Jan 2, 19:38 29
- Oh, look at those cute little freedom fighters thinking they're important. I'm gonna bring them some donuts and some hot cocoa. -- nm - CQ Jan 3, 05:42
- Send 'em a bill for rent and utilities. -- nm - hangover 16 Jan 2, 22:03
- And CNN.com has nothing on its site -- (link) - amoxy Jan 2, 21:47 1
  - AP reports "peaceful protest". -- (link) - New Year's Mop Jan 2, 22:17
- Wow...Here is how ABCNews is reporting this -- (link) - amoxy Jan 2, 21:44
- To be fair, the Ducks did choke pretty hard. -- nm - Davi Jan 2, 21:15
- Would love to see one of the Republican Presidential candidates show support for this -- nm - amoxy Jan 2, 20:33 5
  - Trump will support this b.s. Yet if 150 militiamen camped out on one of his golf courses, he wouldn't be so kind. -- nm - Baby New Mop Jan 2, 20:39
  - Trump's social media person just changed his passwords. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 2, 20:34 1
    - heh -- nm - mud Jan 2, 20:36
  - None of them are that stupid. They'll dog whistle the hell out of it though. -- nm - znufrii Jan 2, 20:34
  - like Emperor Palpetine? :) -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 2, 20:34
- - -- nm* - Reagen Jan 2, 20:27
- I kind of feel like the best response would be for people to just go about their business and ignore them. -- nm - Reagen Jan 2, 20:27 2
  - The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 2, 23:26
  - Yeah, that's the proper response. I'm rather taken with the cathartic responses, though, so I'm glad I'm not in charge. -- nm - TWuG Jan 2, 20:38
- offs. -- nm - merry xmas and happy znu year Jan 2, 20:08
- Oh, goody -- nm - Bacon Jan 2, 20:04
- For most of us "federal building" conjours up images massive monolithic office buildings..not a log cabin visitor center in a wildlife refuge. -- nm - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 2, 19:59 2
  - As long as they keep feeding the birds and keep hippie hikers from starting fires it's all good -- nm - Pippy Bells Jan 2, 20:49 1
    - At the Nisqually refuge its mostly volunteer docents. -- nm - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 2, 22:57
- we've cancelled Tony Bordain reruns and still Drunk Don Lemon is in Oregon with the story -- nm - CNN Jan 2, 19:58 1
  - I have to say, that one over there has a nice rack. -- nm - Don Lemon Jan 2, 20:47
- Terrorists and traitors. -- nm - Baby New Mop Jan 2, 19:55
- napalm them and claim it was a forest fire. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 2, 19:54
- I was hoping this wouldn't happen until Monday. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 2, 19:52 1
  - Something to look forward to? -- nm - iSpam Jan 2, 19:59
- Put them under siege and starve their treasonous fucking asses out. -- nm* - TWuG Jan 2, 19:47 1
  - But the Federal government has no authority in that county! - iSpam Jan 2, 19:59
I thought the Alamo Bowl was over. I guess I didn't remember. -- nm - Dano Jan 2, 19:34 6
- I'd have no problem calling it a draw -- nm - budice Jan 2, 19:51
- WTH Ducks? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 2, 19:41 3
  - It's called getting a lead and celebrating tooooooooooo soooooooon. -- nm - Bacon Jan 2, 19:51 2
    - I guess. And I was realy rooting for the Ducks. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 2, 19:52 1
      - So was I, hence..... -- nm - Bacon Jan 2, 20:01
- Go Ducks?? -- nm - Bacon Jan 2, 19:40
Watching the last few minutes of TCU-Oregon that's the worst playcalling and clock management I've since multiple Bear games this season. - zunk xometimes Jan 2, 19:34 1
- yep. silly -- nm - CQ Jan 2, 19:37
When you've seen all of Making a Murderer here are your next 3 stops (spoil) -- (edited) - Rollo Jan 2, 19:28 4 1
- Have we discussed how (not really spoiler) - ralph wiggum Jan 3, 00:28 1
  - !! -- nm - Andie Jan 3, 07:29
- Thanks. Took me a bit But ive now read these. Interesting -- nm - Pippy Bells Jan 2, 20:20 1
  - There's a lot of stuff on Reddit too. I've been down the rabbit hole all afternoon. -- nm - Rollo Jan 2, 20:21
My dad asked my niece what she liked about Inside Out. "All of it, except the sad parts." - Max Jan 2, 19:13
About the Deleted Scene post on B2...5-10 minutes would suffice spoils - budice Jan 2, 19:07 [Backboard] 4
- Disney's be n known to add footage to a movie to extend its release (Frozen sing-along, Pixar "deleted scenes"). Watch for a new cut to hit theaters. -- nm - Baby New Mop Jan 2, 19:48
- Of the stuff revealed in the first such post spoil - Spawn Solo Jan 2, 19:10 2
  - agreed spoils... - budice Jan 2, 19:12 1
    - all i can say...spoils - budice Jan 2, 19:24
Mythbusters are deep frying a 9mm hand gun -- nm - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 2, 18:55 7
- ~Hand guns are made for killin' They ain't no good for nothin' else~ - zunk xometimes Jan 2, 19:39
- with a loaded clip? -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 2, 19:02 5
  - just one round chambered -- nm - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 2, 19:23 3
    - i'm sure they could get the bullets tempurature range from the manufacturer if they called...showoffs. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 2, 19:43 2
      - previously they explored a myth that guns could fire if hidden in an oven or fireplace. they were challenged on the ddep fryer -- nm - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 2, 19:50 1
        
        and the answer is the guns do not do anything. if anything happens it is from the heat effecting the powder charge/primer -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 2, 19:56
  - Makes it more spicy? -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 2, 19:04
Volnelk, congrats! -- nm - Loyola Jan 2, 18:55 1
- Thanks. Crazy day. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 2, 18:57
Hell even I would sleep with Princess Leia. - ReluctantCynic Jan 2, 18:47 20
- Aside (spoilers) - Baby New Mop Jan 2, 19:18 1
  - I mean, that would be the Bad J.J., so possible I suppose. -- nm - Reagen Jan 2, 20:30
- I wouldn't sleep with her, but I'd go to war under her command. -- nm - ty97 Jan 2, 19:11
- That's like uber gay. -- nm - Loyola Jan 2, 18:54 1
  - Cause she's a dude? -- nm - budice Jan 2, 18:57
- She is special. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 2, 18:53 8
  - #2 on the List of Women I'd Switch For. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 2, 18:55 7
    - who's #1? -- nm - Remlik Jan 2, 18:57 6
      - Jessica Alba, but only when re-enacting that one particular scene from Sin City. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 2, 19:08 3
        
        With her and the yellow dude? -- nm - budice Jan 2, 19:10 1
        
        Oh no ... Remlik knows what I'm talkin' 'bout ... -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 2, 19:25
        
        good choice. -- nm - Remlik Jan 2, 19:09
      - I guess Barbara Eden or Dawn Wells -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 2, 19:05 1
        
        Uh...cause engineer and all that...that would make her #3 after a tie for #1 - JD Jan 2, 19:11
- She'd rather kiss a Wookiee -- nm - humbug Jan 2, 18:50 3
  - Have you seen photos of me lately? I could pass for a wookie. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 2, 18:51 1
    - Scruffy-lookin nerfherder -- nm - budice Jan 2, 18:59
  - I am pretty sure she has. - Spawn Solo Jan 2, 18:51
- Spoils - TWuG Jan 2, 18:48 1
  - Oh, I figured that out already. (mega-spoilers) - ReluctantCynic Jan 2, 18:51
Prosise announced draft. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 2, 18:47
omg, 22 Jump Street -- nm - Beaker Jan 2, 18:44 1
- right? -- nm - pippy bells Jan 2, 19:22
Does Making a Murderer really have enough for 10 episodes? - Dano Jan 2, 18:44 16
- yeah could have been shorter -- nm - pippy bells Jan 2, 19:26
- ~Murder by numbers, episodes 1, 2, 3~ -- nm - Max Jan 2, 19:10
- I think the whole series is terrible, in that it's very manipulative of one side of the coins story. spoils - Loyola Jan 2, 19:03 8
  - spoils - amoxy Jan 2, 19:08 6
    - Spoils - Loyola Jan 2, 19:15 5
      - OK, then here is the main problem I have (and a lot of other people) spoils - amoxy Jan 2, 19:36 4
        
        I thought about that like you spoils - Loyola Jan 2, 19:52 3
        
        One of the main takeaways of these docs (spoils for serial and MAM) - Rollo Jan 2, 20:40 2
        
        Yes,,,Thank You -- nm - amoxy Jan 2, 22:16
        
        Agreed -- nm - Pippy Bells Jan 2, 22:05
  - They reached out to the state multiple times and were refused -- nm - humbug Jan 2, 19:06
- The last episode is really more of a postscript than anything else -- nm - humbug Jan 2, 18:49
- It does feel like they could have covered a lot of this, a lot quicker. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 2, 18:45 3
  - Agreed. Eight would have been enough. -- nm - Krusty Jan 2, 18:47 2
    - Eight is enough? -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 2, 18:49 1
      - Hmmm Elizabeth -- nm - amoxy Jan 2, 18:53
Always an outsider. -- (link) - Spawn Solo Jan 2, 18:42
So, there was almost a Pistons/Pacers fight? -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 2, 18:41
sho nuff -- nm - humbug Jan 2, 18:41

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