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Coachella Weekend 1 Pass purchased - JD Jan 6, 11:17
Watercooler talk at work is fun, especially when I get to say things like "I know an SEC lawyer who might be able to answer that ..." - Beryllium Jan 6, 11:13 2
- speaking of, has Dawson seen The Big Short ? -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 11:19 1
  - Yes, he and I saw it last month. -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 11:19
If you were going to see a movie this coming weekend, what would you see? -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 11:12 18
- Sisters - I've heard it's hilarious -- nm - JenBro Jan 6, 11:33
- Hateful 8, or Spotlight. -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 11:19
- SW:TFA (2nd time) -- nm - oblique Jan 6, 11:18
- either Spotlight or The Big Short -- nm - znufrii Jan 6, 11:18
- Of the ones I haven't seen, I'm most interested in Spotlight, Brooklyn and Room. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 6, 11:17
- Finally seeing Star Wars, and Creed if it's still in theaters. -- nm - Max Jan 6, 11:17
- Revenant (but I'm not planning to see a movie this weekend) -- nm - Roger More Jan 6, 11:16 1
  - (actually, maybe I'd see Spectre a second time while it's still in theatres) -- nm - Roger More Jan 6, 11:17
- Revenant. -- nm - MDH Jan 6, 11:16
- I'll probably be seeing Star Wars again on Friday afternoon. But for the weekend, maybe Hateful 8 or Revenant. - Beryllium Jan 6, 11:16
- I just saw Star Wars on Monday - I don't think I can handle going to the theater 2x in one year -- nm - decline Jan 6, 11:15
- Star Wars -- nm - mara Jan 6, 11:15
- Star Wars, Hateful 8, Revanent -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 11:14 1
  - Sisters, Joy, Revenant, Spotlight -- nm - budice Jan 6, 11:16
- Carol -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 11:14
- oh! I would ask dano if he wants to see a couple of limiteds in harrisburg. thanks for reminding me. -- nm - loaner machine mandy Jan 6, 11:13
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 6, 11:12
- Son of Saul but it's all the way over at the fucking Nuart -- nm - humbug Jan 6, 11:12
topically related. US News asked a panel of "experts" to rate the best diets, here is the listing. -- (link) - Truman Jan 6, 11:10
The 7 best train trips in the world -- (link) - ty97 Jan 6, 11:07 5
- Hear the soothing clickety-clack of "You forgot your flash drive, you forgot your flash drive, you forgot your flash drive" -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 6, 11:17
- Not listed: the Durango & Silverton ride is short but really pretty. -- (link) - Max Jan 6, 11:12
- The best 7 Train trips... - what znu read Jan 6, 11:10 1
  - Times Square to 34th St - Hudson Yards. -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 11:12
- #1 is a lie. For something called the Rocky Mountaineer, it spends very little time in the Rockies. -- nm - Roger More Jan 6, 11:09
I need a word to search for in the archives that I can post on days I go out for lunch. I want to keep myself accountable. - loaner machine mandy Jan 6, 11:05 11
- #ForChad, #ChadLunch -- nm - budice Jan 6, 11:17
- Tweaker -- nm - budice Jan 6, 11:11
- #MandyLunch -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 11:10 6
  - #lunchtimeloser ? -- nm - loaner machine mandy Jan 6, 11:12 3
    - #ChubbersJudgy -- nm - humbug Jan 6, 11:14 2
      - oh chubbers. chubbers is so sweet. it makes me smile just thinking about her pudge. -- nm - loaner machine mandy Jan 6, 11:15
      - #OperationDinnerOut -- nm - budice Jan 6, 11:14
  - #PutAwayTheCard -- nm - humbug Jan 6, 11:12 1
    - #SashamartLivesMatter -- nm - budice Jan 6, 11:13
- heteroscedasity -- nm - humbug Jan 6, 11:07
- Bootilicious. -- nm - Andie Jan 6, 11:07
B4: Thanks all for the DC assistance. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 6, 11:05 13
- I posted on B2, and am happy to help with any recommendations. Also, your hotel is around the corner from my work. -- nm - MDH Jan 6, 11:16 2
  - Thanks! -- nm - Strongbad Jan 6, 11:17 1
    - np - MDH Jan 6, 11:21
- The first place I used to suggest to visitors is the Old Post Office tower for the best view of the city, but I don't know Trump's renovation status - Max Jan 6, 11:09 9
  - We won't have a car. Walking and Metro for the week. -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 6, 11:12 5
    - While you're near the White House you could pop in to the DAR Museum and library and ask about genealogy. The interior is nice. -- nm - Max Jan 6, 11:17 4
      - pretty sure he's not a daughter of the american revolution, genius -- nm - humbug Jan 6, 11:19 3
        
        Neither am I but I did the bulk of my initial research in their stacks and their databases, pal! -- nm - Max Jan 6, 11:20 2
        
        Now this I did not know about. Is it open to the public/free? -- nm - MDH Jan 6, 11:22 1
        
        It might be $3 or $5 to enter but I've spent many many hours in there and really only spent money on photocopies/printouts. -- nm - Max Jan 6, 11:26
  - take the CIA exit to Langley. see what happens -- nm - humbug Jan 6, 11:10 2
    - I was curious and did that once and then quickly used a turnaround when I realized I was about to come face to face with the gate guards. -- nm - Max Jan 6, 11:12 1
      - pussay! -- nm - humbug Jan 6, 11:13
Whoa. Lions beat writer is hearing Megatron might decide to retire. -- (link) - ML Jan 6, 11:03 15
- that's alot of money to forego, but the Lions should be used to this by now I guess -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 11:16
- Detroit Lions: Great players still would rather retire than play for us. -- nm - iSpam Jan 6, 11:16
- Looks legit -- (link) - ML Jan 6, 11:15
- I always look for opportunities to post this. -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 6, 11:10 [youtube] 2
  - Meh. -- nm - ODB Jan 6, 11:13 1
    - Get it right!! It's OBJ/ -- (link) - Shaun Jan 6, 11:15
- Come home to Atlanta, my beloved Decepticon. - David Jan 6, 11:07 7
  - New York is way better. Plus we don't even have a coach yet!! -- nm - Shaun Jan 6, 11:12
  - People are worried here about Roddy heading to Tampa. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 6, 11:09 5
    - He'll be 35 during the 2016 season--why would any team worry about him going anywhere at this point? - ML Jan 6, 11:12 4
      - Because he's still the 3rd best WR on the Falcons behind Leonard Hankerson - Strongbad Jan 6, 11:15 3
        
        (who is on the Bills) -- nm - ML Jan 6, 11:15 2
        
        Watch Atlanta go WR in the 1st round. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 6, 11:18 1
        
        watch them trade another draft for Treadwell - ML Jan 6, 11:19
- *Blank stare* -- nm - Jim Caldwell Jan 6, 11:05
Fed vote to raise interest rates in December was 'close call' to some: minutes show -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 11:02 2
- my SL interest rate jumped up to a whopping 4.93% this month. I'm $17.84 per month away from my - loaner machine mandy Jan 6, 11:15 1
  - what was the rate before? -- nm - znufrii Jan 6, 11:16
After blocking ty, I feel like he may be talking bad about me. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 6, 11:01 4
- But is that any different than usual? -- nm - sycor Jan 6, 11:03 1
  - True. It is probably pixie. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 6, 11:04
- Someone tell Spawn it's just his dementia -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 11:02 1
  - Spawn still posts here? -- nm - ML Jan 6, 11:05
"Mr. Bay’s mother, whom he said is a close observer of national politics, urged him not to do the film at all." -- (link) - ty97 Jan 6, 10:59 12
- This is the first I'm hearing about this film and I can't imagine wanting to see it. -- nm - Krusty Jan 6, 11:06 5
  - It is about like the 9/11 movies, for me. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 6, 11:16
  - H-wood needs to adapt Jake Tapper's "The Outpost" - ML Jan 6, 11:07 3
    - Development hell from the sound it it. But Sam Raimi signed into the project 18 months ago -- (link) - Roger More Jan 6, 11:15
    - And....I should have looked first--it's in development -- (link) - ML Jan 6, 11:08 1
      - I'll have to read more about this but it sounds like it could be an interesting film. -- nm - Krusty Jan 6, 11:15
- I've been urging him to do that for every film he's ever made. -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 11:00 2
  - *blows up Ender* -- nm - MBAY si Jan 6, 11:03
  - This is why I'm happy every time he makes a Transformers movie. It keeps him away from other projects. -- nm - Roger More Jan 6, 11:02
- she's not a fan of his films either -- nm - ML Jan 6, 11:00 2
  - Oh, Chuck Hogan wrote the script? That's interesting. -- nm - ML Jan 6, 11:02
  - "Michael, turn that shit down!!!" -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 6, 11:01
Wait... N. Korea is calling it the 'H-Bomb of Justice' ? -- (link) - decline Jan 6, 10:55 3
- They are *begging* to get Team Americaed. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 6, 10:56
- Ill give em the F-Bomb of Freedom -- nm - budice Jan 6, 10:55 1
  - What would that be? A Freon Bomb? Detonate it over a country and it gets completely glaciated? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 6, 11:15
Sidney Crosby left off roster for NHL All-Star Game. Full teams here -- (link*) - Beaker Jan 6, 10:53
“FanDuel and DraftKings are optimized for power players to rape and pillage regular players over and over again.” -- (link) - znufrii Jan 6, 10:51 2
- Yeah! -- nm - Power Player Strongbad Jan 6, 11:00
- Kroenke? -- nm - budice Jan 6, 10:52
anyone ever have this Wrap Text issue in excel: it doesn't resize the actual cell, just sits behind the borders - humbug Jan 6, 10:50 3
- Sure, I've only ever made the column wider. -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 10:52 1
  - yeah, not working - humbug Jan 6, 10:54
- I don't understand what you are saying. nm -- nm - Groindo (Green lives matter) Jan 6, 10:51
Figuring out calories for sushi is hard. -- nm - sycor Jan 6, 10:49 4
- Just scan the barcode on the back. -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 10:51 3
  - Going to eat it at a restaurant on Friday. Just trying to plan ahead. -- nm - sycor Jan 6, 10:52 2
    - Ok from what I can tell the rolls I usually eat aren't too bad. So I should be good for the day. - sycor Jan 6, 11:00 1
      - seems most rolls are sprayed with that wasabi mayo but the basic is protein veggie and rice -- nm - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 6, 14:03
Wait, now they use the 4-day multiplier for MLK weekend? For years they did not. -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 10:48 2
- Look who's old! -- nm - Roger More Jan 6, 10:49 1
  - *looks to the left* *looks to the right* Oh, hi Spawn! -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 10:49
Dear almonds and pistachios: I love you. -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 10:46 2
- *forces the car door open against a mountain of red pistachio shells* -- nm - Lt. Frank Drebin Jan 6, 10:47
- TLTN -- nm* - Groindo (Green lives matter) Jan 6, 10:47
Bears fans, Adam Gase is a goner. -- (link) - ML Jan 6, 10:44 7
- Hate to see him go, but it was inevitable. -- nm - pmb Jan 6, 11:07
- New hotness. -- nm - Beaker Jan 6, 10:52
- Did I miss where the Bears offense was good? -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 6, 10:46 4
  - His greatest success to date was being Peyton's "offensive coordinator" and "quarterback coach" in Denver. - ML Jan 6, 10:58
  - well, Cutler had his best season with the Bears, without any real weapons. nm -- nm - Groindo (Green lives matter) Jan 6, 10:46
  - Yeah, I was sitting here trying to figure this out. - Spawn Solo Jan 6, 10:46 1
    - Do I hear $10M a yr? $12? 14? -- nm - budice Jan 6, 10:56
is anyone watching The Expanse on syfy? is it any good? -- nm - Truman Jan 6, 10:42 13
- followup, is it available via syfy streaming? - Truman Jan 6, 10:53 1
  - aww, i see that syfy is letting people catch up by streaming the first 4 eps. - Truman Jan 6, 10:55
- Yes, it is very good. -- nm - The Death Sceire Jan 6, 10:47
- Yes^2 -- nm - Ender Jan 6, 10:46
- I love it. 10 episodes and it is building to something good. -- nm - TWuG Jan 6, 10:45
- slow, but has a nice build up. It's good sci-fi to watch -- nm - decline Jan 6, 10:44
- And I guess a new show called Colony started on USA this week. Wondering about that, too. nmbt - Spawn Solo Jan 6, 10:44 5
  - we ran the nightfall three times. - Truman Jan 6, 10:52 4
    - Get any emotes? -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 6, 10:54 3
      - nope. - Truman Jan 6, 10:56 2
        
        With a real boss so you can use 3oC, I will still run them. But that is a lot of work (6 games) to get a 310. - Spawn Solo Jan 6, 11:00 1
        
        its just sad that they nerfed the nightfall so badly just to force people into playing more crucible related stuff. -- nm - Truman Jan 6, 11:11
- good...but slllloooowwww...picks up at the 4th episode -- nm - Remlik Jan 6, 10:43
I need some ST luck today were having our yearly lunch and giveaways today at work - eag Jan 6, 10:41 2
- You have got it. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 6, 11:08
- Good luck! -- nm - Loyola Jan 6, 10:42
ST Biggest Loser; "To discover how many calories you should be consuming, multiply your weight in pounds by 15 if you are a moderately active male and - Loyola Jan 6, 10:41 6
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- 3660. Oh, you said "moderately active" - oblique Jan 6, 10:45 4
  - Today I had a full fry up breakfast which the internet says is 1200 calories. And then just a few oranges. - Loyola Jan 6, 10:49 2
    - You forgot to count the whisky. -- nm - Shaun Jan 6, 10:52 1
      - Every measure of alcohol seems to have the same amount of calories. - Loyola Jan 6, 10:54
  - Oh wait it says if you're moderately inactive, multiply by 13. -- nm - Loyola Jan 6, 10:46
"White House: Initial analysis 'not consistent' with North Korean claims of successful hydrogen bomb." -- nm - ML Jan 6, 10:40
heh, a friend's facebook response to the Star Wars Monopoly to-do (movie spoilers) -- (edited) - znufrii Jan 6, 10:38
st tracking poll: will Ride Along 2 dethrone Force Awakens as this weekend's box office champ? -- nm - humbug Jan 6, 10:36 14
- As MDH said, it will next weekend. TFA will be #1 this weekend, though. -- nm - Inigo Jan 6, 10:49
- Yes. I expect SW to be about 50-53mil this weekend...and then low 30's next weekend. - Will Hunting Jan 6, 10:44
- Ride Along is next weekend, and I think it will. -- nm - MDH Jan 6, 10:42
- No. Had STAR7 done over $100m last weekend I would have said Panda won't either, but now I expect it will. -- nm - Max Jan 6, 10:39 9
  - would that make it the shortest tenure at #1 for the biggest grossing movie? -- nm - humbug Jan 6, 10:42 8
    - Contrast that with Back to the Future, which was #1 for 12 weeks, top 5 for 20 weeks (non-consecutive for both, but close) -- nm - Max Jan 6, 10:50 4
      - Beverly Hills Cop: #1 for 14 weeks, top 10 for 28 weeks -- nm - Max Jan 6, 10:53 3
        
        in 1984, i thought nothing of just walking up to the 3-screen at the top of the hill and seeing a movie multiple times if it was good - humbug Jan 6, 10:58 2
        
        I was so excited to see Return of the Jedi that I drank all my soda early and kept running to the bathroom, so we just stayed for the next showing - Max Jan 6, 11:00 1
        
        my youngest brother was only 7 and cried like a BITCH when we walked out - humbug Jan 6, 11:08
    - Avatar dropped for its 8th weekend (Feb 5.), Jurassic World dropped in its 4th weekend (Inside Out bumped up, JW dropped 400+ theaters) -- nm - Max Jan 6, 10:46 1
      - I look forward to Episode VIII breaking the domestic record in 2 weeks and then dropping to #2 for the third weekend. -- nm* - Spawn Solo Jan 6, 10:48
    - In the modern era, yeah. Titanic was 15 weeks? Avatar was like 7 or 8? - Will Hunting Jan 6, 10:45
- no -- nm - Groindo (Green lives matter) Jan 6, 10:36

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