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Steven Soderbergh's Seen/Read list for 2015. -- (link) - Dano Jan 7, 17:41 14
- Days of Thunder? -- nm - budice Jan 7, 18:00
- Did Homie binge watch Making a Murderer the day it dropped? nm - ralph wiggum Jan 7, 17:54 7
  - i think i did like 2/8 -- nm - humbug Jan 7, 18:00
  - yep: 9 the first day, 1 the next. I almost mentioned below that I thought my mom would like it, except - b. Jan 7, 17:58 5
    - it's basically the complete opposite of fox - humbug Jan 7, 18:02 4
      - that's not the way I meant. - b. Jan 7, 18:10 2
        
        i don't think it's as selective as the prosecutors wan't people to believe -- nm - humbug Jan 7, 18:14 1
        
        I haven't seen anything from the prosecutors, just comments here and from some folks I follow. - b. Jan 7, 18:18
      - It's also a function of who they had access to (Averys/Buting/Strang) and who they didn't (prosecution). nm - ralph wiggum Jan 7, 18:05
- it was looking good until he went to see u2....nm - x Jan 7, 17:50 2
  - You misspelled "World Figure Skating Championship". -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 7, 18:03
  - plus no Force Awakens. lame -- nm - humbug Jan 7, 17:59
- thank you! I thought about this last week whilst driving and meant to see if it was out. -- nm - b. Jan 7, 17:43 1
  - halfway through the year, it's made me laugh - it's like my mom's tv list merged with his. -- nm - b. Jan 7, 17:47
In that Best American 2015 (or whatever year) series: are the short story collections generally good/bad/meh/no? -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 17:24 3
- generally good. can depend on the editor, though, i mostly like t.c. boyle, so i figure i'll like it...nm - x Jan 7, 17:42
- some of the short story versions in the past have been pretty good and def. worth a couple of dollars; but, for the 2015, some of the reviews have me - b. Jan 7, 17:36
- I just got the Best American Mysteries/Thrillers. I've gotten them before and they usually have some really good authors. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 7, 17:25
So whatcha readin, ST? nm - ralph wiggum Jan 7, 17:20 42
- finished the Crossing/Bosch...just bought The Big Short -- nm - Chateau du zeitgeist Jan 7, 18:05
- Several Scandinavian cookbooks, a couple of knitting books and a mystery. -- nm - nic to be named later Jan 7, 18:04
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- In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 7, 17:49
- Just finished books 1 & 2 of the Atlantis Gene series, about 20% through book #3. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 7, 17:46
- Junk books: Currently Excalibur (book six Area 51 series) finished Grail and Sphinx (4-5) since last check as well as Falling Into You - JD Jan 7, 17:45 3
  - "falling into you" by jasinda wilder? -- nm - b. Jan 7, 17:49 2
    - Uh, yup -- (edited) - JD Jan 7, 17:52 1
      - cool beans. :) - I listened to part of the song some time back. it's for sale at various places. -- nm - b. Jan 7, 18:00
- beuty is a wound by eka kurniawan and space dumplins by craig thompson....nm - x Jan 7, 17:44 1
  - "beauty"....nm - x Jan 7, 17:45
- HMS Surprise (O'Brian) -- nm - mud Jan 7, 17:42
- Toxic Charity. -- nm - iSpam Jan 7, 17:41
- Finally getting around to The Seven Wonders by Steven Saylor - The Death Sceire Jan 7, 17:40
- Elfstones of Shannara. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 7, 17:37 1
  - Not nearly as famous, but I almost think the Magic Kingdom For Sale, Sold series might have been a more easier concept -- nm - Qale Jan 7, 18:00
- Just finished Infinite Jest and I'm looking for a new book to read so this poll is good timing. -- nm - Krusty Jan 7, 17:34 10
  - Finished Stephen Kings Bazaar of Bad Dreams. I'm reading Brillance next -- nm - Pippy Bells Jan 7, 18:00 1
    - How's the King book? nm - ralph wiggum Jan 7, 18:03
  - heh, googling "finished infinite jest" brings some amusing hits - "what now" "now what" "what am I missing?" "and, um.. what?" -- nm - b. Jan 7, 17:38
  - What th? *No one* finishes Infinite Jest. It wasn't designed that way. nm - Dignan Jan 7, 17:36 3
    - I got to the end. Better? 😛 - Krusty Jan 7, 17:47 2
      - spoils - Dark Callisto Jan 7, 17:48 1
        
        Yeah. Spoils - Krusty Jan 7, 17:51
  - YOU LIE -- nm - Reagen Jan 7, 17:35 2
    - I swear to Jeebus, I was just about to make this exact same post. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 7, 17:35 1
      - I did. I actually will read it again when I hit it chronologically on the DFW list. -- nm - Dark Callisto Jan 7, 17:37
- The Force Awakens. nm - Dignan Jan 7, 17:25
- Sword of Shannara -- nm - David Jan 7, 17:25 2
  - I'm considering rereading them :) -- nm - decline Jan 7, 17:26 1
    - It was actually Kim's idea as she's never read them. - David Jan 7, 17:29
- P.D. James - Death in Holy Orders. -- nm - Meg Jan 7, 17:24 1
  - And I have The Great Wall Street Scandal on the way from Amazon. Our recent discussion - Meg Jan 7, 17:30
- Harmony black (amazon book of the month selection) -- nm - decline Jan 7, 17:23
- Finished Girl on Train (it's in the B to B+ range). Just staring The Kind Worth Killing. - ty97 Jan 7, 17:23 3
  - yeah, for $2 I'll give it a shot. -- nm - Reagen Jan 7, 17:41
  - Yeah! I love The Kind Worth Killing. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 7, 17:24 1
    - I was a bit surprised GOTT got the level of love it did -- (edited) - ty97 Jan 7, 17:27
- Station Eleven, Seconds, Sex Criminals -- nm - Reagen Jan 7, 17:22 1
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- Hold the Dark by William Giraldi -- nm - Dano Jan 7, 17:22
- Henry James, "The American" -- nm - humbug Jan 7, 17:22
MEGamillions is a measley $165M for friday. do we want Meg to put $10 or $20 of the pot into that as well? -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 7, 17:17 3
- no, lets not complicate things. -- nm - znufrii Jan 7, 17:18 1
  - right. that should only come into play if there's a lone extra dollar or as it has in past pools. -- nm - b. Jan 7, 17:40
- keep your chump change -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 17:18
all of these -- (link) - znufrii Jan 7, 17:13 5
- I just don't think I could ever get to the point where I could drop what amounts to $1000 a drink on something - Reagen Jan 7, 17:15 4
  - I'd have to get two of each, now that I think of it... - znufrii Jan 7, 17:17 2
    - Eh, so long as you have the empty bottle fill it with store brand and nobody will know the difference :) -- nm - Meg Jan 7, 17:22 1
      - *I'll* know... -- nm - znufrii Jan 7, 17:22
  - (but, you know, test me, universe) -- nm - Reagen Jan 7, 17:16
I would buy a T206 Honus Wagner -- nm - amoxy Jan 7, 17:09
2016 Football Hall of Fame finalists announced: who ya got?1 -- (link) - Beaker Jan 7, 17:09
Dammit blackhat was on and I was watching independence day. -- nm - Loyola Jan 7, 17:02 9
- You are better off. Blackhat sucked -- nm - decline Jan 7, 17:10
- Awesome? nm - Dignan Jan 7, 17:09 7
  - x said blackhat was good so I wanted to give it another chance. -- nm - Loyola Jan 7, 17:10 6
    - i really did love blackhat...nm - x Jan 7, 17:48
    - I thought it was thoroughly mediocre. nm - Dignan Jan 7, 17:12 4
      - Pity. Mann is capable of so much more. - Loyola Jan 7, 17:23 3
        
        It's slightly better than Miami Vice. nm - Dignan Jan 7, 17:24 2
        
        Damn Dirty Liar! -- nm - J Jan 7, 17:35
        
        is anyone a fiend for mojitos? -- nm - Reagen Jan 7, 17:26
Jeff Daniels on Inside the Actor's Studio starting now FWIW -- nm - JenBro Jan 7, 17:01 2
- Whats your favorite swear word? -- nm - budice Jan 7, 17:04 1
  - Wonder what he'll say? As a fellow Michigander, he's pretty well loved up here .... Has done some cool stuff locally over the years. -- nm - JenBro Jan 7, 17:15
This a concert venue in France and I kinda just want to go see any concert there because -- (link) - ty97 Jan 7, 16:59 [Image] 1
- ...if a zombie attack happens while you're at the show you'll be secure? Good thinking -- nm - Reagen Jan 7, 17:02
so get this, I've got a sucker who wants an autographed Walking DEad cover...gonna charge him $$$ - Remlik Jan 7, 16:52 3
- why would they want your autograph? -- nm - Beaker Jan 7, 16:53 2
  - Get Binder to sign it and the sky's the limit. nm - Dignan Jan 7, 16:55
  - I know! I'm having Tony Moore the co-creator of The Walking Dead doing an instore. -- nm - Remlik Jan 7, 16:55
We'd need at least $760 million and some change to beat Avatar. -- nm - Qale Jan 7, 16:52
I'm commissioning Tool to write my eulogy song like they did with Bill Hicks. -- nm - Gullible SW Fan Mel Jan 7, 16:49
CHristina Hendricks in Bad Santa 2 with Billy Bob. -- nm - Remlik Jan 7, 16:46 9
- meh, unless they have a time machine. -- nm - Spawn Solo Jan 7, 17:06 6
  - I got to meet Christina at a WW pre-Mad Men. - budice Jan 7, 17:10 5
    - I know everyone talks about her boobs, but I think she has great eyes! -- nm - JenBro Jan 7, 17:17 3
      - she got everything. -- nm - Remlik Jan 7, 18:03
      - She has eyes? -- nm - Bacon Jan 7, 17:19 1
        
        See? -- nm - JenBro Jan 7, 17:30
    - Great personality right? -- nm - Bacon Jan 7, 17:11
- I'm Ok with this. -- nm - Gullible SW Fan Mel Jan 7, 16:48
- Nudity? -- nm - Bacon Jan 7, 16:47
NERDS!!!!!!!!!! -- nm - Reagen Jan 7, 16:46 2
- Right? It's troubling that as a society we have strayed so far from this one bedrock principle -- nm - prayformojo Jan 7, 16:49
- i mean, go ahead and choose Billy Zabka. see if i care -- nm - humbug Jan 7, 16:46
*picturing CNMel on the news, on an ostrich, wearing nothing but a nurse's cap* - nic to be named later Jan 7, 16:45 4
- If I'm going Teddy Style I'm going with the Moose. - Gullible SW Fan Mel Jan 7, 16:48 2
  - but what does Musubi say? -- nm - nic to be named later Jan 7, 16:56 1
    - NO spurs!!! -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 7, 16:59
- I picture him in a nurse's cap and Teddy Roosevelt glasses with the ostrich rearing in the stereotypical mounted Roughrider pose. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 7, 16:46
My utterly ludicrous purchase with my lottery winnings would be a brand new Audi RS 7 ... - ReluctantCynic Jan 7, 16:43 26
- i would buy the Jets -- nm - humbug Jan 7, 16:57 8
  - New York or Winnipeg? -- nm - Dano Jan 7, 17:05 7
    - let's just say the cost for dignan to go to a home game would go way up -- nm - humbug Jan 7, 17:11 3
      - Man, how would I afford that? nm - Dignan Jan 7, 17:23 2
        
        no, that's the joke. you wouldn't be able to -- nm - humbug Jan 7, 17:28 1
        
        I'm certain this came off meaner than you intended. nm - Dignan Jan 7, 17:33
    - both I presume -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 17:07 2
      - and money leftover to buy the family band, The Jets. -- nm - Bacon Jan 7, 17:10 1
        
        along with the rights to West Side Story -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 17:12
- Ferrari California -- nm - Krusty Jan 7, 16:56
- "I'll have your finest meal stuffed with your second finest meal." "Lobster stuffed with hot dogs, right away sir." -- nm - Reagen Jan 7, 16:56
- can you drive a stick? -- (link) - Peglegpete Jan 7, 16:55
- I would buy, YOU. Go sue somebody for me! -- nm - Bacon Jan 7, 16:46 8
  - In all sincerity, if I ever do win the lottery, I'm setting up a half-time law practice representing people who've been screwed over by ... - ReluctantCynic Jan 7, 16:49 7
    - I'd fund some of that. -- nm - Gullible SW Fan Mel Jan 7, 17:44 1
      - Sen. Warren would never have to do another fund raiser. -- nm - Gullible SW Fan Mel Jan 7, 17:45
    - *invokes a mandatory arbitration clause* -- (edited) - Bank of America, Comcast, Dish TV, etc. Jan 7, 17:08
    - Can I make a reality television show about it? -- nm - Bacon Jan 7, 16:53 1
      - Reluctant Brockovich -- nm - Loyola Jan 7, 17:08
    - *thumbs up* - ty97 Jan 7, 16:51 1
      - I could get so much done if I had staff. - Beryllium Jan 7, 17:10
- Something like this -- (link) - ML Jan 7, 16:46 1
  - That would be awesome, too! - ReluctantCynic Jan 7, 16:47
- I'd produce at least one movie. -- nm - Dano Jan 7, 16:45
- I would buy an overpriced condo in Austin (as a vacation home) and never fly coach again. -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 16:44 1
  - And I would definitely rent something bigger here. - ty97 Jan 7, 16:45
"And we're back on Today. With us via satellite is one of the shadowy conglomerate of lotto winners who have captured America's imagination." - ML Jan 7, 16:42 24
- Lol -- nm - Loyola Jan 7, 16:59
- "And turning to our next lucky winner, I understand that you've invested your $32 million share by purchasing the Zubaz brand outright?" -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jan 7, 16:45 21
  - Is it 32 each? Pete said only 2 and I was like what good is 2?! -- nm - Loyola Jan 7, 17:00 18
    - Depends on number of entries int the pool. - ty97 Jan 7, 17:02 17
      - but consider this - ty97 Jan 7, 17:03 14
        
        Canadians would get their taxes back due to treaty, IIRC from last time I looked at this. -- nm - Reagen Jan 7, 17:09 1
        
        Which is why we need to hold off collecting until Trump is in office! -- nm - Max Jan 7, 17:25
        
        I'm going to say "the taxes are in the post"...and then flee. -- nm - Loyola Jan 7, 17:06 10
        
        I'm actually curious how this works. Does the group's ticket hold win, pay taxes, and then distribute (and if, extra taxes there?) - ty97 Jan 7, 17:11 9
        
        The group will fill out a group claim form and then each individual will pay taxes based on where they live. Foreigners are a bit more complicated -- nm - decline Jan 7, 17:25
        
        I suspect there's some process where all the names and shares are submitted and payments are made to the individuals. - Meg Jan 7, 17:15 2
        
        Nice coded message. I (am a) suspect. Where all the names of the individuals (are I do not know at this time) -- nm - Bacon Jan 7, 17:18
        
        And some attorney and tax accountant are going to make a few bucks -- nm - Meg Jan 7, 17:17
        
        All lotteries here are tax free. -- nm - Loyola Jan 7, 17:12
        
        Meg pays us 1 dollar a month tax free for as long as we live -- nm - Bacon Jan 7, 17:12 3
        
        as long as we live. *gulp* -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 17:13 2
        
        I just need to be able to run faster than you -- nm - Bacon Jan 7, 17:14 1
        
        no, you (and we) need to run faster than Meg can push the detonation button. -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 17:18
        
        Your math confuses me -- nm* - Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Jan 7, 17:04
      - And the number of winning tickets sold around the country. -- nm - Bacon Jan 7, 17:02 1
        
        good point! -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 17:04
  - heck yea! -- nm - ML Jan 7, 16:58 1
    - spoilers - ty97 Jan 7, 17:00
- I imagine a not-insane reality where there three winning tickets and all three belong to internet communities of friends. -- nm - ty97 Jan 7, 16:44
*flash-forward to three days from now when Meg has stolen the winning ticket and fled to Paraguay* -- nm - ML Jan 7, 16:36 2
- you be the first to challenge her...go ahead. [nm] - Gullible SW Fan Mel Jan 7, 16:39
- she shouldn't be too hard to find, with one kitty on each shoulder. -- nm - b. Jan 7, 16:37
Royal Navy is sending an espedition to repeat Shackelton's Antarctic journey 100 years ago -- (link) - Peglegpete Jan 7, 16:36 2
- Well I, for one, would not want to repeat it. -- nm - CQ Jan 7, 16:50 1
  - Let's recreate the Hindenburg flight next!! -- nm - Bacon Jan 7, 17:23

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