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seriously though, it's like cancer was listening to that SOTU speech -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 15, 13:57
John Romero just released a new level for the original Doom. -- nm - Mop Jan 15, 13:55 1
- hold on, let me dial into AOL to get connected -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 15, 13:56
Pacman Jones has apologized for calling out Antonino Brown -- (link) - amoxy Jan 15, 13:49 1
- "I'm sorry the Oscars are so white, AB" -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 15, 13:51
The TN couple weren't frauds. They've been certified as winners. -- (link) - spamlet Jan 15, 13:44 20
- AND THEY BROUGHT THE TICKET WITH THEM TO NY BEFORE TURNING IT IN. -- nm - spamlet Jan 15, 13:46 19
  - YOLO -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 15, 13:54
  - You guys see "crazy". I see opportunity. -- nm - Mop Jan 15, 13:50
  - seriously though, if you won. wouldn't you basically lock the ticket up, at home, and if you had to leave the house be super afraid? - Andie Jan 15, 13:49 5
    - I mentioned that I'd add security to financial and legal support, 'cause no way. -- nm - b. Jan 15, 14:07
    - yes I would. terrified -- nm - Pippy Stardust Jan 15, 13:59
    - Go to bank or lawyer office, have a few notarized copies made, stash tix in safe, lock box -- nm - General Zeit Jan 15, 13:57
    - Immediately go to bank and get a lockbox. Put ticket in lockbox. - spamlet Jan 15, 13:52
    - There is, at least here, a way to partially verify who bought the ticket at POS, but I'm sure as hell not relying on that. -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 13:51
  - This is basically the plot of Lottery Ticket, only *less* believable. -- nm - David Jan 15, 13:49
  - yah, that stood out to me, beyond the rest of the nonodonotdothat. also, the mayor of their town already soliciting didn't sit so well with me. -- nm - b. Jan 15, 13:48
  - on the advice of their attorney--jeebus h. christmas -- nm - ML Jan 15, 13:47 4
    - OJS first lawyer who said go ahead talk to the cops -- nm - General Zeit Jan 15, 13:59
    - Erwin R. Shyster. -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 13:48 2
      - Works at Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe. -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 15, 13:51 1
        
        Hollywood Upstairs Law School -- nm - con_carne Jan 15, 13:53
  - I'm getting heart palpitations just thinking about that. -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 15, 13:46
  - certified winners/nutcases -- nm - Max Jan 15, 13:46
  - This will end well. -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 13:46 1
    - No one else could "find" the ticket and turn it in at this point no matter what your crack pipe tells you -- nm - General Zeit Jan 15, 13:50
NFL playoffs streaming free on Roku... -- nm - oblique Jan 15, 13:32
Extremely Specific Simpsons Tattoos. -- (link) - Reagen Jan 15, 13:17 22
- "He is disrespectful to dirt." is the best one -- nm - Beryllium Jan 15, 14:17 2
  - "It's The Little Things That Make Up Life" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 15, 14:23 1
    - OK, I was wrong. "GREASE ME UP, WOMAN!" is the best. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 15, 14:24
- "STOP! HE'S ALREADY DEAD!" is perhaps my favorite Simpsons meme. -- nm - Mop Jan 15, 13:49
- "15% off with code prayformojo?" -- nm - emoticripple Jan 15, 13:36 3
  - I mean, he has to get one. - Reagen Jan 15, 13:46
  - The Lenny/Carl yin/yang is beautiful. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 15, 13:41 1
    - I could keep scrolling down this page for the rest of my life. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 15, 13:48
- oh wow " this is an arm, drawn by no one, it is worth nothing " -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 13:26 4
  - I'm currently at Alf pogs. -- nm - Roger More Jan 15, 13:28 3
    - "That's a *door*?!" -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 13:29 2
      - "Lenny = white / Carl = black" on the left palm. -- nm - Roger More Jan 15, 13:32 1
        
        Ha! "Milpool..." -- nm - Roger More Jan 15, 13:35
- Nuts *and* Gum. - Tim Jan 15, 13:23 1
  - Awww, Starland Vocal Band? They suck! -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 13:24
- Because if you're going to get your butt tattooed, it might as well be the Gummy de Milo -- nm - Roger More Jan 15, 13:23
- Why? -- nm - iSpam Jan 15, 13:22
- I would find a Simpsons flying pig tattoo extra amusing. -- nm - Max Jan 15, 13:21
- Don Mattingly! -- nm - Roger More Jan 15, 13:18 3
  - The Egg Council Egg! -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 13:20 2
    - The Prime Minister of Australia! -- nm - Roger More Jan 15, 13:21 1
      - Korean gymnast Kim Huang! -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 13:23
TV PSA: Master Chef Jr, Last Man Standing, Gold Rush, Reign, Undateable, Undercover Boss, Dr Ken, Hawaii 5-0, Hell's Kitchen, Shark Tank, Unforgetable -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 13:12 2
- Lottery Dream Home on HGTV -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 15, 13:19
- Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files, Blue Bloods, NFLNetwork has Super Bowl I, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 13:13
ST Movie Poll: What is the next movie that you plan on seeing in the theaters that you haven't seen yet? - con_carne Jan 15, 12:59 33
- #STstillsowhite -- nm - Max Jan 15, 13:56
- Hail Caesar and Zootopia -- nm - nic to be named later Jan 15, 13:45
- Spotlight. -- nm - David Jan 15, 13:44 1
  - This -- nm - amoxy Jan 15, 13:45
- Big Short or Room. -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 15, 13:38
- Big Short, Revenant -- nm - JD Jan 15, 13:35
- Sw , big shorts, hail Caesar -- nm - General Zeit Jan 15, 13:33
- Star Wars/Big Short/Revenant. 2016: Deadpool -- nm - Max Jan 15, 13:16
- Spotlight. -- nm - pmb Jan 15, 13:13
- Deadpool, probably. -- nm - The Death Sceire Jan 15, 13:11
- The Big Short -- nm - Tim Jan 15, 13:09
- Hail Caesar -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 15, 13:07 1
  - unless Son of Saul comes to arclight or sunset before -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 15, 13:14
- The Revenant. This weekend. -- nm - Jovian Jan 15, 13:07 2
  - oops. that might be mine. - Mel Profit Jan 15, 13:10 1
    - so gross. -- nm - Deeve Jan 15, 13:12
- Revenant or Big Short. -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 13:05
- Spotlight this weekend. -- nm - Andie Jan 15, 13:04 1
  - Ooh -- nm - con_carne Jan 15, 13:07
- Deadpool -- nm - Spawn Jan 15, 13:02
- Hail Caesar. I'm not a fan of outright funny Clooney but it's the next Coen Bros. so I'm in -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 15, 13:02 3
  - Agreed. Except scratch "not" and replace "but" with "and" -- nm - con_carne Jan 15, 13:08 2
    - Weirdest programming language every. -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 13:09 1
      - CC++ -- nm - con_carne Jan 15, 13:10
- Hail Caesar -- nm - mud Jan 15, 13:02
- Revenant. nm - Dignan Jan 15, 13:02
- Hail Caesar -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 15, 13:01 2
  - I cannot wait for this. Coen Bros send up of old Hollywood reminds me of Barton Fink. -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 15, 13:41
  - Ooh, forgot about this. Yeah, this. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 15, 13:10
- Big Short, I would imagine, probably SWTFA one more time, REVEN if IMAX rolls out, then Deadpool. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 15, 13:00
- deadpool or cloverfield -- nm* - decline Jan 15, 13:00
- Deadpool -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 12:59
- Probably anomalisa -- nm - Ender Jan 15, 12:59
ESPN's Chris Mortensen Diagnosed With Throat Cancer -- (link) - Beaker Jan 15, 12:58 4
- ffs -- nm - Deeve Jan 15, 13:05
- Very sad. The last time I saw him on TV I thought he looked sick. -- nm - Inigo Jan 15, 13:05
- F- cancer. -- nm - Spawn Jan 15, 13:03
- :( - stage 4 throat cancer - here's a non-ds link. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 15, 12:59
Aww. My next door neighbor growing up died. She was a remarkable person. I only knew about half of what is in this article. It's pretty amazing. -- (link) - pmb Jan 15, 12:49 6
- chicago papers don't want us to read their content without hoop-jumping or paying, apparently; but here's a nice little piece with a good story.. -- (link) - b. Jan 15, 12:55 5
  - I've found that if you use the Instapaper webpage stripper it will work as well. -- (link) - spamlet Jan 15, 13:05 1
    - thanks, I'll check that out. :) - -- nm - b. Jan 15, 13:10
  - and here's the referenced malcolm gladwell piece on her, parts of which were in "the tipping point" I think. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 15, 12:58 2
    - Thanks b. Here's some portions of the article I was referencing c&p. It's pretty interesting. - pmb Jan 15, 13:13 1
      - thank you! that's a life very well lived - quite a lady! :) - -- nm - b. Jan 15, 13:19
*whew* twitter is not broken for me -- nm* - decline Jan 15, 12:48
Mexican (Northern), Japanese, Lebanese, Italian "deli" -- nm - con_carne Jan 15, 12:47 2
- Japanese, Mexican, Thai, and ....only 4? - nic to be named later Jan 15, 12:59
- (edited because of duplication) -- nm* - nic to be named later Jan 15, 12:59
So I have tickets to an advance screening of Dirty Grandpa... On one hand, Aubrey Plaza in her underwear, on the other hand... it's Dirty Grandpa... -- nm - Guigue Jan 15, 12:43 2
- I have an odd feeling that it could be a big hit. -- nm - Oswaldo MoBarony Jan 15, 13:40
- I would need Aubrey to be physically present in her underwear to be worth it. -- nm - Reagen Jan 15, 12:44
Holy shitsnacks. That Star Wars Rebels trailer is *SPLURT* -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 12:33 1
- I TOLD YOU! -- nm - Mop Jan 15, 18:38
Weekend Plans LIR: I have 4 shows beginning tonight. Mel's bday is tomorrow but we both have work so we are celebrating Sunday-Monday - Deeve Jan 15, 12:30 8
- Mel's gonna get a lot of crazy nekkid people congradulating him :) -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 15, 13:03
- Mel's birthday is tomorrow..... -- nm - nic to be named later Jan 15, 12:31 6
  - lord have mercy on Boston! -- nm - Pippy Stardust Jan 15, 12:34 5
    - I am looking forward to a nice glass of wine. :) -- nm - Deeve Jan 15, 12:37 2
      - (or 5) -- nm - decline Jan 15, 12:37 1
        
        *substitutes 'a nice glass' for 'my own bottle'* -- nm - Deeve Jan 15, 12:39
    - All.da.booze. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 15, 12:36 1
      - Get it, Mel! We should coordinate ST group shots at some point. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 15, 12:39
*spotting PFM...opening my arms, waving him in for his birthday hug...confused when his eyes go big and he turns and runs...wondering " - Nekkid Crazy Birthday Mel Jan 15, 12:27 2
- These are the best! -- nm - Krusty Jan 15, 13:23
- DUCK!! -- nm - Pippy Stardust Jan 15, 12:34
Star Wars Hot Wheels: Resistance X-Wing, Command Shuttle, The Ghost and a Republic Gunship...$2 each. Score!! - Beaker Jan 15, 12:27
ok, now they're just making this sh!t up. First robots on motorcycles, now cyborg sperm... -- (link) - decline Jan 15, 12:22 1
- Innerspace 2, the Tuck Penelton Machine, Zero Defects -- nm - General Zeit Jan 15, 13:07
And *fuck you* for trying. -- nm - The Internet Jan 15, 12:20 1
- It's the mantra of the world wide web. -- nm - David Jan 15, 12:36
Just heard out local Kmart is finally closing - and being replaced by a Walmart !! - Meg Jan 15, 12:14 3
- Walmart announced today they are shutting down a bunch (150+) of the Neighborhood Markets -- nm - decline Jan 15, 12:16 2
  - I had to read the story you linked multiple times - the headline focused on closures; but they're opening a whole bunch, too. - b. Jan 15, 12:30
  - Yep, that's why it seemed strange they'd be replacing it with a superstore. -- nm - Meg Jan 15, 12:23
Plenty of movies start off as a stand-alone concept and then get adapted into an existing franchise. It's how we got Die Hard with a Vengeance. - Roger More Jan 15, 12:13 3
- Also, there was that great story from This American Life of Peter Sagel writing his political epic set in revolutionary Cuba . . . - emoticripple Jan 15, 12:36
- OK, so it works 1/3rd of the time. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 15, 12:17 1
  - Pirates of the Caribbean 4, as well. -- nm - Roger More Jan 15, 12:32
Have we discussed the winning TEN couple? They're on TV and hadn't even turned in the ticket -- (link) - oblique Jan 15, 12:08 22
- Probably didn't sign the ticket yet -- nm - amoxy Jan 15, 12:43
- On the advice of their lawyer they say. -- nm - nic to be named later Jan 15, 12:13 3
  - is his name Saul ? -- nm - decline Jan 15, 12:14 2
    - Saul is way smarter than that. -- nm - Andie Jan 15, 12:15 1
      - No let *me* sign that ticket and I'll uh invest it for you -- nm - General Zeit Jan 15, 13:12
- who does that? stupid, stupid people. -- nm - Andie Jan 15, 12:10 15
  - I saw them on Today this am - they seem very nice. Naive, but nice. -- nm - Pippy Stardust Jan 15, 12:12 7
    - This is how they ended up claiming the prize on national tv. - spamlet Jan 15, 12:23 3
      - "BUT NOW WE WANT PRIVACY" -- nm - Spawn Jan 15, 12:56
      - a relative ( a daughter?) is a reporter so she made it happen - I am betting they didn't think twice about it. -- nm - Pippy Stardust Jan 15, 12:36
      - At least they have their priorities in order. -- nm - Roger More Jan 15, 12:29
    - oh, i have no doubt they are nice. they are just setting themselves up as major targets. -- nm - Andie Jan 15, 12:14 2
      - agreed for sure - she wants to go back to work on Monday but how will she get there through a sea of reporters? its crazy -- nm - Pippy Stardust Jan 15, 12:36
      - I have this bridge in NYC that I would love to sell them -- nm - decline Jan 15, 12:25
  - well, Tennessee... -- nm - decline Jan 15, 12:11 5
    - Raise your hand if your people have ever booed Santa Claus... -- nm - David Jan 15, 12:35 3
      - booed him? sh!t we threw batteries at that bastard -- nm* - decline Jan 15, 12:37 2
        
        fuck that guy he hasn't brought me shit in like 30 years -- nm - Beaker Jan 15, 12:38
        
        And that's why nobody from Pennsylvania won the billion dollar lottery! -- nm - David Jan 15, 12:38
    - heh -- nm - JaxSean Jan 15, 12:12
  - You answered your own question. -- nm - Spawn Jan 15, 12:11
- Fakes! -- nm - JaxSean Jan 15, 12:09
thank god it's friday -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 15, 12:07 1
- you're welcome! -- nm - Christian HVAC Guy Jan 15, 12:11

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