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OF Alex Gordon and the Royals have agreed to terms. - ML Jan 6, 06:40 1
- Damn. -- nm - spamlet Jan 6, 06:40
No Man's Sky - Planets -- (link) - Shaun Jan 6, 06:39
Today is HoF day. Who you got? -- (link) - spamlet Jan 6, 06:37 6
- Bagwell, Griffey, Hoffman, Mussina, Piazza, Raines, *holds nose* Schilling, Trammell -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 6, 06:45
- Griffey, Bagwell, Mussina, Piazza, Raines, McGriff and Sheffield. -- nm* - Krusty Jan 6, 06:44 2
  - Sheff out of all the PED users? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 6, 06:46 1
    - Was he linked to steroids? -- nm - Krusty Jan 6, 06:50
- Griffey, Piazza, Bagwell, and I think Raines finally sneaks in but it'll be really close. -- nm - ML Jan 6, 06:39
- Bagwell, Griffey, Hoffman, Raines, Smith, McGriff, Mussina, Piazza, Sheffield, Schilling -- (edited) - spamlet Jan 6, 06:39
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- We're not worthy! We're not worthy! -- nm - Sith Lord Sexypants Jan 6, 06:45
- WTG! Do you get to be a very special agent? -- nm - LMS Jan 6, 06:41
- Woot!! congrats! -- nm - Epiphany Jan 6, 06:41
- Congrats! -- nm - spamlet Jan 6, 06:40
- VNLawyering! -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 06:35
Girl starts feeding crows. Eventually the crows bring her gifts. -- (link) - Shaun Jan 6, 06:32 1
- This is sort of amazing. That they could be capable of that kind of intent. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 6, 06:43
The SEA/MIN tilt on Sunday is now predicted to be one of the 10 coldest games in NFL history. - ML Jan 6, 06:30 6
- I'm still shocked that Tom Coughlin didn't need a complete facial reconstruction after that GB game. -- nm - Shaun Jan 6, 06:33 1
  - He liked that it froze into permanent old-man annoyed. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 6, 06:33
- Minnesota has an open air stadium? - Will Hunting Jan 6, 06:33 3
  - Only on a temp basis. They've been playing at TCF Field (Gophers stadium) while the new stadium is being constructed. -- (link) - ML Jan 6, 06:36 [Image]
  - U of Minn does. Vikings are playing there during construction. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 6, 06:35 1
    - Ahhhh. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 6, 06:35
Happy 20th Anniversary to the Blizzard of 96 (that winter drove many people I know to move south) -- (link) - ty97 Jan 6, 06:27
If you haven't read Brilliance yet, it's currently $1.99 on Kindle. -- (link) - Ender Jan 6, 06:21 5
- read it! read it! The 3rd book comes out next Tuesday -- nm - decline Jan 6, 06:46
- The second one is 1.99 as well. Worth it or does it fizzle after the first one? -- nm - spamlet Jan 6, 06:42 1
  - Worth it. -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 06:44
- thanks. I need something new to read -- nm - Epiphany Jan 6, 06:41
- (and you should read it) -- nm - ML Jan 6, 06:21
Chipotle has been served a subpoena by a federal grand jury in CA. Sales down 15% in 4Q. -- (link) - ML Jan 6, 06:17 11
- sub-poll: When did you last eat Chipotle? - ty97 Jan 6, 06:18 10
  - maybe 6 months ago -- nm - decline Jan 6, 06:46
  - Couple weeks ago. -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 06:45
  - 2-3 months ago -- nm - Strongbad Jan 6, 06:42
  - a month ago - 6 weeks? I won't be going back any time soon due to all of this -- nm - Epiphany Jan 6, 06:42
  - Probably over a year ago. Whenever their food problems started. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 6, 06:35
  - 2+ years ago. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 6, 06:33
  - october -- nm - budice Jan 6, 06:31
  - Probably November. -- nm - ML Jan 6, 06:20
  - A month ago but it had been years prior to that (as I've noted) -- nm - spamlet Jan 6, 06:19
  - I've never eaten there. -- nm - Krusty Jan 6, 06:18
This is an interesting read: What It’s Like When Your Wife Becomes Your Husband -- (link) - ty97 Jan 6, 06:16
hee -- (link) - ML Jan 6, 06:02
This Is What the Historic Flooding of the Mississippi River Looks Like -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 6, 05:59
Vancouver Catfé closed temporarily because it's out of cats (all been adopted) -- (link) - Beaker Jan 6, 05:56
The Canadian dollar lost more than half a cent this morning, pushed down by oil prices and widespread risk aversion, going to below 71 cents US. - Beaker Jan 6, 05:52 5
- So new release AAA video games are going to be $80 for a bit longer then? Wallet is safe. -- nm - Shaun Jan 6, 05:54
- going away this year is going to hurt so much with exchange. -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 05:53 3
  - That's how I felt with the Euro at 1.40 when it dropped to 1.05 last summer. We went completely the wrong year. - spamlet Jan 6, 06:15
  - we are staying home this year. -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 05:57 1
    - if i didn't already have stuff booked, we'd be doing inter-Canada stuff, or a cheap Cuba trip or something. -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 05:59
The 54 films to tempt festival directors in 2016 (I worked on 7 of the UK ones) -- (link) - LMS Jan 6, 05:31
Thanks to the Olympics, Americans Won't Need Visas to Visit Brazil This Summer -- (link) - ty97 Jan 6, 05:28 13
- and enjoy the water!! -- nm - decline Jan 6, 06:47
- I didn't think you'd need one to visit Brazil. Do they have security concerns? -- nm - Krusty Jan 6, 05:55 11
  - Brazilians need a visa to come here so they make us have a visa to go there. - spamlet Jan 6, 06:14 1
    - Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Jan 6, 06:18
  - It's a tit for tat visa (and identical visa fee) in reciprocity to the visa/fee the US requires of Brazilians. - ty97 Jan 6, 06:13 8
    - Got it, spite. :-) - Krusty Jan 6, 06:17 7
      - From the Brazilian perspective, what reason does the US have to be cautious of Brazilians? - Roger More Jan 6, 06:36 2
        
        Have you *met* Marlowe? - spamlet Jan 6, 06:39
        
        Cuz they ain't muricans. -- nm - Shaun Jan 6, 06:38
      - There are a few surprising places that we need visas for. Australia for example. But that one is online just before you leave. -- nm - spamlet Jan 6, 06:27 2
        
        I wouldn't have thought you needed one for there either. So odd. -- nm - Krusty Jan 6, 06:31 1
        
        Australia has an island mentality. Everyone needs a visa except New Zealanders. - Roger More Jan 6, 06:40
      - A couple of other South American countries act similarly. I think some may charge the fee without forcing the visa, etc. -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 06:19
Looks like I won't be seeing The Hateful 8 this weekend, my cinema chain is dropping it. I'll try and see A War instead. -- (link) - LMS Jan 6, 05:05 1
- Nevermind. I actually read the article you linked. Sorry! -- nm* - Inigo Jan 6, 05:10
Dear HSX-playing version of me... - Inigo Jan 6, 04:53
January 6, 1994 – Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit. -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 04:51 3
- whyyyy whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?? -- nm - ML Jan 6, 05:59
- 1853 – President-elect of the United States Franklin Pierce and his family are involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts. Pierce's 11-year - Beaker Jan 6, 04:52 1
  - 1838 – Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code). -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 04:52
TV PSA: 2 Broke Girls, American Idol, The Middle, Mysteries of Laura, Mike & Molly, Goldbergs, American Pickers, L&O SVU, Modern Family, Blackish, -- nm* - Beaker Jan 6, 04:42 1
- People's Choice Awards, American Crime, AHS: Hotel, Chicago PD, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 04:45
Colbert had a good bit on the Vatican's review of SWTFR (said they gave a better review to...Spotlight) -- nm - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 6, 00:10 2
- The Force Reckons? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 00:31 1
  - Requiem? -- nm - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 6, 02:16
Jeebus effing hell, Quentin. -- nm - Reagen Jan 5, 23:12 9
- There's a good 110-minute film somewhere in the shameful excess. - Davi Jan 6, 06:20
- Right. Plus (spoilers) - Inigo Jan 6, 04:50
- Yeeeeeah. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 5, 23:15
- and still less bloody than the revenant -- nm - humbug Jan 5, 23:14
- Were you able to keep up with the breakneck pacing? -- nm - Max Jan 5, 23:13 4
  - *snort* - he and Justin Timberlake need not be their own editors -- nm - Epiphany Jan 6, 06:10
  - and the roadshow was *longer* than that? -- nm - Reagen Jan 5, 23:34 2
    - "PJACK disease. Won't you please help us find a cure? Your small monthly donation can benefit so many." -- nm - ML Jan 6, 06:12
    - Just a bit with the 15m intermission. Though we got spared any commercials or trailers. -- nm - Krusty Jan 6, 05:57
Washington signed Cary Williams? - humbug Jan 5, 22:48
Well this is one I've not seen before - and the FBI is using yahoo now? and UPS using gmail :) - Meg Jan 5, 22:40 2
- We at the FBI do not have a sense of humor that we are aware of -- nm - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 6, 00:04
- "...the West Africa part of the world..." -- nm - nic to be named later Jan 5, 23:11
I kind of want this battery. I wonder if it works with my drill. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 5, 21:57
Frankly, when you rent out a room on Airbnb in Montreal, a coke fueled orgy in the living room is expected. -- nm - New Year's Mop Jan 5, 21:40
Heehee -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 5, 21:32 1
- I can't stop watching...That laugh - amoxy Jan 5, 21:34
Mike from Graceland can't be Danny Zuko. That's just stupid. -- nm - New Year's Mop Jan 5, 21:24
Coach's real name on New Girl is "Ernie"... like on Cheers! -- nm - New Year's Mop Jan 5, 21:19
OK, OK. Lego Movie, B+ -- nm - Yoda Jan 5, 21:16 1
- "Everything is Awesome!" -- nm - amoxy Jan 5, 21:20
To be fair, everyone looks awesome in a Jesus wig. -- nm - New Year's Mop Jan 5, 21:06
Solid. I'm pleased. -- nm - Davi Jan 5, 20:51 1
- it's not pooptalk -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 20:58
Bang a gong. -- (link) - Spawn Solo Jan 5, 20:36 1
- don't tell me how to live my life. -- nm - mafic Jan 5, 22:12
"Wow. How many fillet-o-fishes did you eat?" "That was over several months, Ryan." "Still ..." -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 20:32
Cool - Jeff Daniels on Inside the Actors studio this week! -- nm - JenBro Jan 5, 20:27 4
- "And for those who thought you could not top Dumb & Dumber, then came Dumb & Dumber Too" -- nm - humbug Jan 5, 21:10 3
  - Pixie and Pixier. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 5, 21:18 2
    - White Spy 1 - Black Spy - 0 - JenBro Jan 6, 02:44 1
      - Racist -- nm - iSpam Jan 6, 05:31
So while my back's turned you go from ST Biggest Loser to a pancake poll?!? - Meg Jan 5, 20:24 4
- down 3.5 lbs since Monday. God bless fluid retention! -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 04:42
- I'll weigh myself on our office scale in the morning & email you Meg - THANKS! -- nm - JenBro Jan 5, 20:48
- it was strictly monitary. it had nothing to do with what pancakes are your favorite, or a what to put on them, poll -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 5, 20:34
- I'm sorry! - ReluctantCynic Jan 5, 20:29
Who really wants to fill out a 20 min survey for a chance of maybe one day winning a $100 GC. Blah. What is even worse are those e-mails asking you to - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 5, 20:20 3
- when your auto dealer sends you a survey that asks some two dozen time how satisfied you were with a stupid oil change - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 5, 20:59 1
  - Email and phone call from the dealer and probably at least one from the manufacturer :) -- nm - Meg Jan 5, 21:14
- I did a ten minute one the other day for 1000 frequent flier points. that's 10% of an upgrade man. -- nm - mafic Jan 5, 20:28
15 minutes of commercials and trailers in front of a three hour movie starting after 9 is just cruel. -- nm - Reagen Jan 5, 20:16 4
- I guess that's one thing going for the 70mm roadshow. No trailers, just the overture - JD Jan 5, 20:33 1
  - Yup -- nm - Krusty Jan 5, 21:29
- Were up to 20 here, Might have reached 30 once -- nm - budice Jan 5, 20:18 1
  - Yeah, we get 30. We rarely show up on time for the movie these days. -- nm - Baby New Mop Jan 5, 20:45
In 2015, I averaged 6,048 steps per day, and a total of 1,034 miles. I'm not sure I could double that. - JaxSean Jan 5, 20:04 13
- Retail, bitches! - Tim Jan 5, 21:28 2
  - Yeah, I'll always lose to my teacher wife. She gets 10k fairly easily every day. -- nm - iSpam Jan 6, 04:48
  - Yeah, my job is a lot of sitting. -- nm - jaxSean Jan 5, 21:33
- I mean, I could walk *less* but that seems to defeat the purpose. -- nm - Reagen Jan 5, 20:09 5
  - *laughing* we need to team you with someone who manages to log negative distance -- nm - JD Jan 5, 20:13 4
    - my company did steptember (cerebral palsy fundraiser involving logging steps). one guy logged 400 steps over an entire weekend. - mafic Jan 5, 20:25 2
      - "Iron Banner" -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 5, 21:00
      - That's kind of impressive in a sedentary kind of way - JD Jan 5, 20:31
    - I am a member of the: you have to pay me to exercise club. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 5, 20:16
- Good to have goals? - JD Jan 5, 20:08
- an hour on a treadmill doing a light jog! maybe a bit more. -- nm - Remlik Jan 5, 20:07 2
  - An hour? Every day? Are you trying to kill me? -- nm - jaxSean Jan 5, 21:35
  - Or an hour outdoors...however one wants to accomplish 5.6 (to be on safe side) miles per day - JD Jan 5, 20:12
Breaking: North Korea announces a successful "mini-nuke" test. (I'm reading along on Twitter.) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 5, 19:46 7
- Now they're saying it was a hydrogen bomb. -- nm - iSpam Jan 5, 20:22 3
  - Suspicions are that the yield was too low for this to be true, unless it was a first-stage fizzle. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 21:35
  - Let's send Seth Rogen and James Franco over to figure this out -- nm - Pippy Bells Jan 5, 20:37 1
    - *hacks you* -- nm - iSpam Jan 6, 05:08
- ~Team America F Yeah~ -- nm - budice Jan 5, 19:58
- like a Fun-Sized -- nm - humbug Jan 5, 19:49 1
  - Kim Jong-un sized. -- nm - New Year's Mop Jan 5, 19:55
Did I miss the news from Bery? What's ending? -- nm - JenBro Jan 5, 19:41 9
- It turns out I can't discuss that. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 20:34 6
  - Cool - I scanned back boards on my phone bit thought I must have missed it. Positive thoughts going your way. - JenBro Jan 5, 20:42 4
    - It seems like it's all good. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 5, 20:57 3
      - Solid! -- nm - JenBro Jan 6, 02:48
      - Glad to hear that -- nm - iSpam Jan 6, 02:18
      - Excellent. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 5, 21:18
  - You got the check? - Spawn Solo Jan 5, 20:36
- Spawn's presence on ST - humbug Jan 5, 19:57 1
  - Hah! You would be so lost without your spy vs spy nemisis to pick on here and you KNOW it! -- nm - JenBro Jan 5, 20:26
Never give up, never surrender. -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 5, 19:39 3
- No regrets, no apologies. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 5, 19:43 2
  - No ragrets. -- nm - New Year's Mop Jan 5, 19:47 1
    - L3 -- nm - Pippy Bells Jan 5, 20:17

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