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Would Stephen King's The Stand count as science fiction? It would, wouldn't it? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 4, 10:43 3
- Amazon has it listed under Horror and Suspense. -- nm - Endor Jan 4, 10:47
- (spoils?) -- (edited) - sycor Jan 4, 10:46
- I don't think so. I'd put it in the dystopian genre. -- nm - ML Jan 4, 10:44
Chuck Pagano has 3pm meeting with Colts brass. -- nm - budice Jan 4, 10:42
Has it been pointed out yet (MAJOR SW7 spoilers) - ty97 Jan 4, 10:39 1
- She is the worst. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 4, 10:47
Two of my friends have been at Ylang Ylang Spa in Costa Rica for the past 8 days. I hate them (stupid facebook). -- (link) - Andie Jan 4, 10:37 3
- *drops everything and buys plane tickets* -- nm - spamlet Jan 4, 10:46 1
  - last one to the airport is a rotten egg! -- nm - ty97 Jan 4, 11:06
- Never been way out on that peninsula up North. Heard it's fantastic. I like it South -- nm - CQ Jan 4, 10:42
Nvidia recommendations on hardware to support VR -- (link) - oblique Jan 4, 10:33
Make you feel old thought; We are closer to the year 2030 than we are to 2000. -- nm - Loyola Jan 4, 10:33 5
- I thought that the other day as well when the news about Mars missions in the 2030s came out. -- nm - spamlet Jan 4, 10:33 4
  - I'd love a good mission to Mars to follow. Even if they sent up a monkey and see how he got on. -- nm - Loyola Jan 4, 10:41 3
    - how you gonna keep a monkey alive for a nine-month trip to Mars -- nm - ML Jan 4, 10:42 2
      - Imagine the amount of poo flung on the walls? *shudder* -- nm - spamlet Jan 4, 10:47
      - He'll definitely need alot of bananas. -- nm - Loyola Jan 4, 10:43
Updated Odds to win Super Bowl 50 - Strongbad Jan 4, 10:30 17
- ML ranks: SEA, CAR, ARI, DEN, NE, PIT, KC, WAS, MIN, CIN, HOU, GB -- nm - ML Jan 4, 10:48
- I will gladly take 11/2 on Seattle. I think I'd rank them 1) Seattle, 2) Arizona, 3) Carolina, 4) New England - Will Hunting Jan 4, 10:45 3
  - As a gambler, I'd roll the dice on GB at those odds. -- nm - David Jan 4, 10:47 2
    - I think so based solely on the odds, but a 4% chance sounds about right to me. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 4, 10:51
    - Yeah, I have a feeling they can surprise. Sorta like the 2008 Cardinals did. - Inigo Jan 4, 10:50
- I think KC is a sleeper especially if they end up playing Denver in round 2 -- nm - eag Jan 4, 10:39
- They're underselling the Falcons. -- nm - David Jan 4, 10:39 4
  - your team didn't do a good job of #TankingForTreadwell -- nm - ML Jan 4, 10:41 3
    - NFLDS actually has him at #10. The Falcons are probably eyeing Ragland, Nkemdiche, Shaq Lawson, or Myles Jack. - David Jan 4, 10:47 1
      - Lawson or Nkemdiche falling that far would be great for ATL. - Strongbad Jan 4, 10:50
    - Locals here call him Megaquon. - Strongbad Jan 4, 10:46
- I know they went 15-1, but I don't think Carolina is actually that good. I'd be pretty surprised to see them in the SB. -- nm - Shaun Jan 4, 10:35 2
  - 100% agree. Short CAR!!!! -- nm - Volnelk Jan 4, 10:52
  - if SEA wins, SEA/CAR should be fun. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 4, 10:38
- MIN/WAS/HOU all have home games this week -- nm - budice Jan 4, 10:33
- give me those Seattle odds all day long -- nm - ML Jan 4, 10:31 1
  - I agree. - Strongbad Jan 4, 10:32
49ers: Jed York holding press conference momentarily...livestream on team site -- (link) - budice Jan 4, 10:29 7
- 49ers GM Trent Baalke will remain GM per owner Jed York -- nm - budice Jan 4, 10:37 4
  - What a joke. -- nm - The Death Sceire Jan 4, 10:40
  - the dude on Perfect Strangers? -- nm - humbug Jan 4, 10:39 1
    - *does the dance of joy* -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 10:44
  - Hysterical. -- nm - David Jan 4, 10:38
- Oh, this should be interesting... -- nm - The Death Sceire Jan 4, 10:33 1
  - Audio's not working... -- nm - The Death Sceire Jan 4, 10:34
Early Report: Tom Coughlin will not return to the NYGiants -- nm - budice Jan 4, 10:24 2
- Indy: As soon as all the Colts players leave...I am told the real meeting then takes place -- nm - budice Jan 4, 10:25 1
  - result: Indy hires Tom Coughlin -- nm - humbug Jan 4, 10:27
"Running an interesting test to see who reads my posts. (I think that's about 20 of you.) " - ty97 Jan 4, 10:21 10
- i see your posts - humbug Jan 4, 10:27
- "Unfollow (name)" -- nm - Endor Jan 4, 10:26
- if I were reading that person's posts, I sure as sh!t wouldn't be, moving foward. -- nm - znufrii Jan 4, 10:26
- This American Life's story (I think it was them) on the pressure and meaning behind high school girl comments on Spotify pics was fascinating. -- nm - Max Jan 4, 10:26
- will Zuckerburg give me a pony if I share and respond? -- nm* - Beaker Jan 4, 10:24
- I don't know why that's started again. It had died down for a while. - spamlet Jan 4, 10:24
- Seriously. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 4, 10:23
- What did I miss? -- nm - Spawndroid Jan 4, 10:23 2
  - nmbevil - ty97 Jan 4, 10:23 1
    - why don't people have better or more important stuff to do than this crap? -- nm - Deeve Jan 4, 10:35
NMB Mop. - sycor Jan 4, 10:18 1
- Yup, that's fine. -- nm - New Year's Mop Jan 4, 10:22
When do we think the DVD release of Star Wars TFA will be? summerish? -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 10:16 15
- I'll wait for the 4K Blu Ray Extended Special Edition of all 9 films. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 4, 10:17 2
  - In LucasVision. -- nm - David Jan 4, 10:27 1
    - *introduces Finn's hilarious friend Bar Bar Jinks* -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 10:28
- May would be my guess. -- nm - Davi Jan 4, 10:17 10
  - I fully expect them to release an extended cut, seeing as how much finished material they cut -- nm - Spawndroid Jan 4, 10:22 1
    - "this makes even less sense than before" -- nm - humbug Jan 4, 10:28
  - probably May 3rd, to be precise -- nm - ML Jan 4, 10:18
  - 5/4? -- nm - Endor Jan 4, 10:17 6
    - I'd pick May 24th. -- nm - Max Jan 4, 10:18
    - you just got a job offer from Disney -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 10:18
    - +20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad Jan 4, 10:18 3
      - But 5/4 is a Wednesday this year, usually DVD's are Tuesdays. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 4, 10:19 2
        
        for that tie-in they'd wait a day -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 10:19 1
        
        Midnight releases. - TWuG Jan 4, 10:27
- Christmas. -- nm - Spawndroid Jan 4, 10:17
[insert cliche post about dieting] - oblique Jan 4, 10:13 6
- People brought in doughnuts, cupcakes, and cookies today. -- nm - spamlet Jan 4, 10:31 1
  - Now I want a cookie. -- nm - Loyola Jan 4, 10:31
- PUT THE TWINKIES DOWN!!!!! -- nm - Groindo (Green lives matter) Jan 4, 10:18
- Download an app like Lose It and track your caloric intake. You're extremely smart, and turning the whole thing into a math exercise should help. -- nm - David Jan 4, 10:15 2
  - Starting up FatSecret again today. It's what I did last time (lost about 30lb). Time to do it again -- nm - oblique Jan 4, 10:29 1
    - What helps me stay focused in learning stats on hypertension for overweight men above the age of 40. - David Jan 4, 10:38
School canceled, campus closed, it's an icy wonderland out there. -- nm - Baby New Mop Jan 4, 10:10 6
- hope the terrorists brought blankets -- nm - humbug Jan 4, 10:12 5
  - I finally got around to catching up on this story. Didn't realize how similar it was to 2014 Nevada, with the BLM and the Bundys involved. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 4, 10:16 1
    - Yeah, I had thought ot was more of a state park than a refuge. -- nm - Spawndroid Jan 4, 10:20
  - but not snacks, apparently -- (link) - humbug Jan 4, 10:14 2
    - "and you want to be my laytex salesman" -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 10:16
    - lol -- nm - znufrii Jan 4, 10:16
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We have at the store now packages of chicken breast that are in the $4 range. You get two/three smallish ones. But I think I prefer the tenderloin - Qale Jan 4, 10:07 3
- So you're saying you're more of a groin man than a breast man? - spamlet Jan 4, 10:29 1
  - And I work for a bunch of Butts. -- nm - Qale Jan 4, 10:31
- We always prefer the tenderloins, -- nm - Strongbad Jan 4, 10:14
SW:TFA spoils - Shaun Jan 4, 10:06 4
- My reasoning (spoils) - sycor Jan 4, 10:14
- spoilers - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 4, 10:11 2
  - I think it's probably a little of both. *spoils* - Endor Jan 4, 10:15
  - Spoils - Spawndroid Jan 4, 10:15
Groindo(from B2), you better not get Eververse stuff pulled from NF loot table. - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 4, 10:03 7
- so why do NF then? just spend the $ and buy the damn emotes! -- nm - Groindo (Green lives matter) Jan 4, 10:10 6
  - Honestly, I rarely do the NF. - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 4, 10:17 5
    - I have a ton of weapons that I could use anything from 296-310 light to infuse. - Groindo (Green lives matter) Jan 4, 10:20 4
      - My best suggestion would be to spend all your strange coins on 3oC. - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 4, 10:37 3
        
        Also, if they bring back sparrow racing, grind it out. - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 4, 10:44
        
        yeh, I have been burning through 3 of coins at a crazy clip. - Groindo (Green lives matter) Jan 4, 10:42 1
        
        Yeah, always have the 311 character decrypt exotic engrams. - the wrong element, bad guy Jan 4, 10:56
NFL: Chargers will retain coach Mike McCoy after meeting with him today -- nm - budice Jan 4, 10:03
SW7 lightsaber spoils (and deleted scenes spoils so I guess even for those who have seen the film) -- (edited) - ML Jan 4, 10:03 5
- I've got my doubts about whether that's actually a deleted scene, or just a false rumor. -- nm - Endor Jan 4, 10:06 1
  - it was apparently real, was originally going to open the film, and it got cut very late in the editing process -- (link) - ML Jan 4, 10:08
- I think that's right (spoiler annoyance) - Mel Profit Jan 4, 10:06 2
  - well...(spoils) - ML Jan 4, 10:09
  - Strong with the Force. -- nm - Spawndroid Jan 4, 10:09
I watched The Woman in Gold last week. Ryan Reynolds is going on my list of candidates for Worst Performance of the year. - Max Jan 4, 10:02 5
- Ryan Reynolds has never been good in any movie ever. -- nm - Qale Jan 4, 10:12 2
  - Best Friends is hilarious. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 4, 10:23
  - I disagree. He has done from pretty bad movies, but I like him. I thought he was really good in The Voices. -- nm - sycor Jan 4, 10:15
- wait for it - humbug Jan 4, 10:08 1
  - I'm very wary of Deadpool. The hype has gotten way out of control for that one. - Max Jan 4, 10:17
My holiday week movie grades: -- (edited) - David Jan 4, 10:00 8
- I missed it--what grade did you decide to give Episode VII? -- nm - ML Jan 4, 10:05 2
  - B or B-, something like that. The more I thought about it, the less I liked it since the story is so flimsy, but it's fine as Star Wars' Greatest Hits -- nm - David Jan 4, 10:09 1
    - Thanks. We likely think very similarly about the film. -- nm - ML Jan 4, 10:09
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  - A. I'll edit to reflect that. - David Jan 4, 10:08
- re: Big Short. Adam Davidson helped him a lot with the economic stuff and they have a podcast together now (Surprisingly Awesome). - spamlet Jan 4, 10:03 2
  - I'm not a podcast guy (my entire list is Serial), but I'm tempted to check that out. - David Jan 4, 10:10 1
    - I've listened to the first episode of the new podcast and liked it but I'm also an Adam Davidson fan. - spamlet Jan 4, 10:12
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My employer is going to make an application to the IRS for 'advance determination on the qualification' of our 401K and former pension plans. -- (edited) - ty97 Jan 4, 09:59 4
- Without knowing any specifics they are making changes to your plans -- (edited) - spamlet Jan 4, 10:04 2
  - I'm trying to imagine what. - ty97 Jan 4, 10:06 1
    - I don't think that change should matter. That's actually how our match works as well. - spamlet Jan 4, 10:08
- They lost it all in Vegas -- nm - humbug Jan 4, 10:02
Nice New Year's gift from Mrs. ML's employer sending out a COBRA notice in error saying our dependent coverage had lapsed. - ML Jan 4, 09:54 1
- We had those erroneous notices last January too. -- nm - Max Jan 4, 09:56
Browns Post-mortem: Pettine releases statement -- (link) - budice Jan 4, 09:53 3
- That's a great way to guarantee a long NFL career. Every word of it is noble. -- nm - David Jan 4, 10:02 2
  - the original draft was only two words -- nm - ML Jan 4, 10:03 1
    - Johnny Football ? -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 10:22
Colts HC Chuck Pagano to meet with owner Jim Irsay in the next couple of hours -- nm - budice Jan 4, 09:50
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- spoils - Shaun Jan 4, 09:54
- Spoils - TWuG Jan 4, 09:52 1
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- spoils...... - Groindo (Green lives matter) Jan 4, 09:50 7
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    - I think Inigo's answers it below. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 4, 09:56
  - but (spoils) -- (edited) - Andie Jan 4, 09:51 4
    - Yes (spoilers) - Inigo Jan 4, 09:53 1
      - Minor spoiler - New Year's Mop Jan 4, 10:33
    - spoils...... - Groindo (Green lives matter) Jan 4, 09:52
    - It was (spoils) - ty97 Jan 4, 09:52
*mwah* -- nm - ML Jan 4, 09:48 1
- *runs in...nekkid and crazy...wearing nothing but carrying a wriggling fish...winds up...smacks ML in the face with it...scales flying...ML flying* nm - Nekkid Crazy Mel Jan 4, 09:54
TV PSA: Supergirl, Superhuman, Superstore, Bachelor, WWE Raw, Telenovela, Scorpion, Biggest Loser, NCIS LA, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jan 4, 09:48

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