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Ice Cube is planning an NWA reunion for Coachella -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 12:10 5
- *beep beep beep* -- nm - Dumptruck full of money Jan 18, 12:12
- Will there be a hologram Easy-E? -- nm - JaxSean Jan 18, 12:12 3
  - Oh, damn, I was making a joke, but I guess I should have read the article first. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 18, 12:13
  - i would think getting Dre onstage is the harder job -- nm* - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 12:13
  - absolutely -- nm - Pippy Stardust Jan 18, 12:12
poll: does crash & trish's cat want you to personally get diabetes? -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 12:09 1
- just the cat haters -- nm - crash davis Jan 18, 12:09
Submit your auditions for Ready Player One! -- (link) - ML Jan 18, 12:08 2
- I hope they get a better list than the one I saw for the young Han Solo. -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 12:11
- "I could pass for 18" -- nm - oblique Jan 18, 12:09
poll - do you like a big starch filling (rice or potatoes) in your burrito? - crash davis Jan 18, 12:06 16
- agreed....the original mission style burrito place in san fran did not use rice, the result is juicier more flavorful -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 12:17
- No. F*cking Californians ruining Mexican food. - JaxSean Jan 18, 12:16 1
  - looks for the 'like' button -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 12:18
- Either will work. -- nm - spamlet Jan 18, 12:15
- see, in non-backwater places we can tell our burrito makers to hold the rice. it's called freedom. - oblique Jan 18, 12:14 2
  - We shouldn't have to. I'm going to build a wall around the rice and potatoes and make Chipotle and Taco Bell pay for it. - crash davis Jan 18, 12:16
  - yeah, but you still can only get guac with the chips -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 12:15
- half their normal portion of rice is plenty - same with the beans. -- nm - Pippy Stardust Jan 18, 12:13
- Nope. Load up on protein, meat & beans -- nm - Strongbad Jan 18, 12:09
- ~Give me a sista/I can't resist her/red beans and rice didn't miss her~ -- nm - ML Jan 18, 12:09
- rice, yes -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 12:08
- not really -- nm - groiny Jan 18, 12:07 4
  - pretty sure this poll is just code for Crash looking for a booty call -- nm - oblique Jan 18, 12:08 3
    - no, its me taking a long way around to blaming you for ruining burritos and, hence, America -- nm - crash davis Jan 18, 12:09 2
      - let's not say things we can't take back - oblique Jan 18, 12:11 1
        
        thanks, but I'm good for now -- nm - crash davis Jan 18, 12:12
science (remember them?) have spotted a supernova brighter than the Milky Way, the light of which began traveling when life on Earth began to evolve -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 12:02 7
- I read about this yesterday. The thing that got me is if it was in our own galaxy, there would be no nighttime on Earth -- nm - crash davis Jan 18, 12:04 2
  - vampires would go extinct! -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 12:06
  - businesses would have to spend a fortune on their "open all night" signs and whatnot -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 12:05
- dooooom? -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 12:03 3
  - or aliens -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 12:04 2
    - definitely aliens -- nm - oblique Jan 18, 12:06
    - these X-Files tie-ins are getting ridiculous -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 12:05
hi crash - ML Jan 18, 11:55 1
- thanks, still a successful year :) - crash davis Jan 18, 11:59
Is there a place to see "reviews" for towns? I can see demographics, but is there a yelp like site? -- nm - Dano Jan 18, 11:52 2
- "Happy Valley: beware of chubbers" -- nm - RateMyTown.com Jan 18, 11:57
- Try this one -- (link) - Roger More Jan 18, 11:56
Sean Penn was on 60 Minutes last night...I gather it was an intellectual conversation covering many important topics...or...insane -- (link) - Beaker Jan 18, 11:52
“I quit school in the sixth grade because of pneumonia,” he often joked. “Not because I had it, but because I couldn’t spell it.” -- (link) - Beaker Jan 18, 11:45
Jeb! (Bush) rumored to be angling for the McCain endorsement -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 11:44
Alan Wake: NEW video game coming! -- (link) - Remlik Jan 18, 11:44 8
- I had to quit this after about two hours. I can have panic attacks all by myself, thanks. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 18, 11:49 3
  - on of the few games that gives me the damn creeps. -- nm - Remlik Jan 18, 11:59 2
    - creepiest game I ever played - I rate it "genius". -- nm - crash davis Jan 18, 12:01 1
      - That's Eternal Darkness. It kills me they've never made a sequel for that one. -- nm - David Jan 18, 12:15
- GOAT action sequence -- (link) - ML Jan 18, 11:46 [youtube] 3
  - They. just. kept. coming. at. me! - David Jan 18, 12:06
  - still one of the most fun sequences in a video game I've ever played -- nm - Remlik Jan 18, 11:47 1
    - I remember getting to it and flipping out. I loved it. -- nm - crash davis Jan 18, 11:57
There is like no energy in the Memphis crowd for this NBA game. Might as well be a library. -- nm - budice Jan 18, 11:43
i guess i knew, intellectually, that Neighbors 2 was coming but "Sorority Rising" i was not prepared for -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 11:41
Today's apple purchases: Fuji (3), Jazz (1), Pinata (1) -- nm - oblique Jan 18, 11:36 10
- Have you tried a Jumani? -- nm - nic to be named later Jan 18, 11:45
- Mr Fuji? -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 11:40 1
  - that guy fought hella dirty -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 11:41
- KMF -- nm - ML, Apple Expert Jan 18, 11:40 1
  - -20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad Jan 18, 11:56
- What happens when you crack open a Piñata apple? -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 11:37 4
  - I'm hoping candy -- nm - oblique Jan 18, 11:38 3
    - Seems more likely to be bees -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 11:38 2
      - I'll bet the Jazz taste like defeat -- nm - oblique Jan 18, 11:40 1
        
        Not improvisational? -- nm - nic to be named later Jan 18, 11:46
Ted Cruz: JFK would be a Republican today -- (link) - amoxy Jan 18, 11:28 16
- "just like his brother Teddy" -- nm - crash davis Jan 18, 11:54
- i look forward to Ted advocating a return to the Republican JFK marginal tax rates -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 11:33
- I am fairly certain he would not be in politics anymore. - groiny Jan 18, 11:31
- zombie Republican -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 11:30
- Spawn: Jesus would be a Democrat. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 11:30 10
  - He'd be Bernie Sanders! -- nm - David Jan 18, 12:14
  - Far left liberal or socialist. -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 12:03
  - ... or a Green. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 11:34 7
    - or you know...he'd be...Jesus. - Pippy Stardust Jan 18, 11:35 6
      - WWJD -- nm - budice Jan 18, 11:56 1
        
        vote Republican obviously -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 12:06
      - Jesus the enabler! -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 11:40
      - (that was kind of what I was going for) -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 11:39
      - (Pip gets it) -- nm - ML Jan 18, 11:39
      - True. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 18, 11:37
- L5 -- nm - znufrii Jan 18, 11:28
WWE: they always do these and they're terrifc...MLK video to honor him... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 18, 11:27 [youtube]
How many of the world's richest billionaires does it take to equal the total wealth of the poorest 50% of the world's population? -- (link*) - znufrii Jan 18, 11:27 5
- I read that these numbers are actually lower because they don't take into account people with negative finances. -- nm - Krusty Jan 18, 12:01
- 42 -- nm - Truman Jan 18, 11:33
- 62 -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 11:27 2
  - and that's down from 388 in 2010. -- nm - znufrii Jan 18, 11:28
  - (people, not percent) -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 11:27
Damn Calif weather. Wore a long-sleeve turtleneck and sweatshirt to walk to the market. 'bout died of heat exhaustion. - Meg Jan 18, 11:25 2
- yeah, it's weirdly stuffy in the office this morning -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 11:27 1
  - oh right, MLK Day -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 11:41
NFL Lines: NE(+3)@Denver 3:05p Eastern, ARI@CAR(+3) 6:40p Eastern -- nm - budice Jan 18, 11:24 6
- as much as i don't want to see Hoodie back in the super bowl, nothing beats the Elway Fail -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 11:47
- Take both underdogs. -- nm - David Jan 18, 11:25 4
  - if you hate money -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 11:25 3
    - I can see you get your gambling advice from Deadspin. -- nm - David Jan 18, 12:13 2
      - I'll compare pick 'em records with just about anyone -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 12:15 1
        
        My penguin friend isn't impressed. -- nm - David Jan 18, 12:16
University of Cincinnati to pay $4.85 million to family of Samuel DuBose -- (link) - znufrii Jan 18, 11:24
Wrestling: sitwap: Canada's Iron Mike Sharpe has passed away -- nm - Remlik Jan 18, 11:17 2
- a king of the Jobbers -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 11:19
- aww, i member that guy -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 11:18
PBS will air a documentary behind the scenes of Hamilton this fall -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 11:17
I was typing a text to my Mom. I was on "have fun" and stupid Pippin cat jumped on my lap and swatted the cell. Whatever letters he hit autochanged - crash davis Jan 18, 11:13 5
- could've been worse - budice Jan 18, 11:15 3
  - well if pixie is right, he was showing off his command of multi-syllabic words -- nm - crash davis Jan 18, 11:17 2
    - "if"? -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 11:27 1
      - always a big if -- nm - crash davis Jan 18, 11:59
- you say that like it was an accident -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 11:14
"Confidence growing for major winter storm this weekend, but it’s not a lock" -- (link) - ML Jan 18, 11:08 2
- whoohooo! -- nm - znufrii Jan 18, 11:12
- DC, now known as New Montreal. -- nm - Andie Jan 18, 11:11
It looks like one of those smart credit cards may actually ship. -- (link) - spamlet Jan 18, 11:02 14
- I guess I don't understand. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 18, 11:40
- that is pretty bad ass -- nm - Pippy Stardust Jan 18, 11:20
- I fail to see the point of this contraption. -- nm - znufrii Jan 18, 11:16 2
  - If you carry multiple cards, it's a huge convenience. - spamlet Jan 18, 11:40 1
    - meh... - znufrii Jan 18, 11:45
- early price of $155 plus a recurring subscription cost? -- nm - ML Jan 18, 11:07 7
  - I think the $155 includes lifetime. After that is $180 for two years and $50 thereafter. - spamlet Jan 18, 11:14 6
    - That still seems expensive. It's a great convenience, but... -- nm - JaxSean Jan 18, 11:31 5
      - it's a solution in search of a problem. -- nm - znufrii Jan 18, 11:33 4
        
        i would love apple pay to be available everywhere i have to use one of those square swipers for my lunch - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 11:35
        
        the locking part is a solution to waitstaff making a dup of your card - Pippy Stardust Jan 18, 11:34 2
        
        and how often does that actually happen? -- nm - znufrii Jan 18, 11:36 1
        
        not very often I sure but worth the price of it prevents it one time. I'm not buying it - I'm saying its neat -- nm - Pippy Stardust Jan 18, 11:47
- I have a COIN at home. Never activated it -- nm - oblique Jan 18, 11:04
Kevin O'Leary (aka Canada's Trump) and Peter MacKay top Tory leadership poll -- (link) - Beaker Jan 18, 10:58 6
- my brother is friends with McKay, I'll have to ask what he has heard -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 11:07
- would that mean (pleasesayyes) that he couldn't do Shark Tank anymore? -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 11:01 2
  - does he still do the US one? he isn't on the Canadian anymore. -- nm - Andie Jan 18, 11:05 1
    - relentlessly -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 11:11
- "But O'Leary's main advantage may just be that people have heard of him" - Reagen Jan 18, 11:00 1
  - but if people have heard of him then they should know he is a fvcking tool... -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 11:00
Either they're selling as at a loss or their cost is still less than that 0.46 or whatever - oblique Jan 18, 10:40 16
- Thanks, Obama? -- nm - Reagen Jan 18, 10:58 4
  - what does Spike Lee think about that? -- nm - groiny Jan 18, 10:59 3
    - Well that's quite the non sequitur. -- nm - Reagen Jan 18, 11:42
    - "I really should be doing more about this, but the Knicks are playing right now." -- nm - Spike Lee si Jan 18, 11:28 1
      - "I bought gas in 1991, so I don't need to worry about it anymore now" -- nm - groiny Jan 18, 11:30
- I'd estimate the crude oil cost alone is about $.75 a gallon -- nm* - znufrii Jan 18, 10:52 1
  - and it looks like wholesale gas spot prices are $.98 -- (link*) - znufrii Jan 18, 10:55
- they're selling at a major loss -- nm - ML Jan 18, 10:50 8
  - MI be stupid -- nm - oblique Jan 18, 10:53 6
    - but maybe people are then buying their water there...or snacks and shit. -- nm - Beaker Jan 18, 10:57 5
      - Cigarettes. When gas prices go down, cig sales go up. Stations are a major source of cig sales. -- nm - nic to be named later Jan 18, 11:43
      - .49 cent sodas and 99 cent coffee, I have no idea where they would make up the difference. -- nm - groiny Jan 18, 10:58 3
        
        this is why convenience stores exist - ML Jan 18, 11:02 1
        
        it's why Costco has the cheapest gas here. 2-4 cents cheaper than anywhere else. - Beaker Jan 18, 11:03
        
        Putting your rat bastard competitors out of business: Priceless. -- nm - Max Jan 18, 10:59
  - (like, your local convenience stores are getting maybe 2 or 3 cents on every gallon they sell) - ML Jan 18, 10:52
so basically Ride Along 2 will lose the fourth-day gross that Ride Along made over its MLK weekend release -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 10:40
Wow. 10F out and I just watched a helicopter lower a guy onto a powerline pole, and leave him. -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 10:39 2
- he got to the choppah -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 18, 10:40
- "Show up for your shift on time or we turn on the power." -- nm - TWuG Jan 18, 10:40
not only is gas cheaper in Flint than water....its unleaded -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 10:39 2
- *golf clap* -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 10:40 1
  - What he clapped -- nm - Zorky Stardust Jan 18, 11:15

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