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Leaving to go see Bruce and the E Street Band. So psyched. -- nm - pmb Jan 19, 15:34 10
- Oh, so jealous. Have a great time!! -- nm - kelly Jan 19, 16:19
- jealous -- nm - amoxy Jan 19, 15:38
- :) -! -- nm - b. Jan 19, 15:38
- *stoked* -- nm - budice Jan 19, 15:37
- Dejavu. Didn't you see them sorta recently? My money is on them doing Take It Easy. -- nm - Spawn Jan 19, 15:37 2
  - First time I've seen him in about 2 1/2 years. It's only the second show on the tour. I think Take it Easy is a good guess. He did Rebel Rebel the - pmb Jan 19, 15:42 1
    - Time flies. Have a blast! -- nm - Spawn Jan 19, 15:43
- *jealous*. Is there anyone opening for them or any surprise guests that may join on the encore that you've heard about? -- nm - JenBro Jan 19, 15:35 2
  - Never has an opening act (he plays 3+ hours). Haven't heard of a surprise guest, but Eddie Vedder has shown up at probably 6 of the shows I've seen - pmb Jan 19, 15:41 1
    - I saw him twice in 1980 on The River tour - the Ann Arbor show at Chrysler Arena mentioned here & the Detroit show following at Cobo Hall where we - JenBro Jan 19, 15:57
Really? I think we have broken through the bottom of the barrel and started digging: "Phone Shop Idol" -- (link) - GregW Jan 19, 15:32
Driving in my car just now, the DJ said "Very very sad day in RocknRoll today. My first thought was "OMG NOW WHO??" - amoxy Jan 19, 15:29 2
- Lets let this one sink in. While thinking about it I driving today I realize that Tequila Sunrise is my fav Eagles song. - Spawn Jan 19, 15:34 1
  - I'd say for the music, I like Lyin' Eyes best - I can't not crank that tune & sing along to it - for Lyrics - Peaceful Easy Feeling. -- (edited) - JenBro Jan 19, 15:48
Is Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol any good? -- nm - Strongbad Jan 19, 15:29 5
- Graci everyone. -- nm - Strongbad Jan 19, 15:37
- It's awesome. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 19, 15:36
- yup -- nm - prayformojo Jan 19, 15:32
- Best movie of that year. -- nm* - David Jan 19, 15:30
- oh my yes. -- nm - Remlik Jan 19, 15:29
Are there demos on Trump/Palin overlap? I would expect the Palin demo was already in his camp, right? -- nm - ty97 Jan 19, 15:02 17
- not sure. question: Track Palin's arrest last night for weapons, intoxication and domestic violence is just a big coincidence. right? -- nm - Deev Jan 19, 15:46
- Thats how I see it. Anyone who was a Palin fan, already jumped on Trumps message of hate long ago. -- nm - Jovian Jan 19, 15:27
- NYT: Donald Trump strongest supporters are a certain kind of Democrat -- (link) - Strongbad Jan 19, 15:25 1
  - so what the NYT is saying, Hillary DOOOOM! -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 19, 15:30
- As numerous political articles have noted, she doesn't seem to bring anything to the table anyway. - David Jan 19, 15:10 12
  - even a small shift of the hardcore Palin lovers in Iowa could tip the scale from Cruz to Trump at the moment - slipping jimmy Jan 19, 15:14 11
    - Thus all the desperation of the opposing forces: Palin endorcing Trump now and the Iowa Gov shitting all over Cruz. -- nm - Jovian Jan 19, 15:31
    - Does such a thing even exist anymore? -- nm - decline Jan 19, 15:31 4
      - Iowa Republicans are *insane* -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 19, 15:31 3
        
        You can drop Iowa -- nm - amoxy Jan 19, 15:32 2
        
        to be fair, I dont think Kasich ever comes across insane. -- nm - Jovian Jan 19, 15:33
        
        no, they're a special brand - slipping jimmy Jan 19, 15:33
    - There are Palin haters that blame her for McCain losing. They are silent, but they are many. -- nm - Bacon Jan 19, 15:21 1
      - in Iowa, i would wager that far more blame McCain for not being more like Sarah -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 19, 15:23
    - I'm not sure whose side she helps with this endorsement. -- nm - David Jan 19, 15:21 2
      - She hurts Cruz. She had 2 options and choose the one not him. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 19, 15:25 1
        
        It's not about her. It's about the perception and influence of her. -- (edited) - David Jan 19, 15:29
marquee history quiz (no googling): what was Return of the Jedi's spot in the box office top 50 for the last wk of September in 1983? - slipping jimmy Jan 19, 14:56 25
- 3. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 19, 14:58 4
  - *bzzt* lower -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 19, 14:59 3
    - 5. -- nm - b. Jan 19, 15:00
    - 5 -- nm - JaxSean Jan 19, 14:59 1
      - :) - -- nm - b. Jan 19, 15:00
- 7 -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 19, 14:57 19
  - correction: *ding* one cute lil Ewok star for you -- nm* - slipping jimmy Jan 19, 14:58 18
    - bonus pixie points for the rest of the top 10 (some are easy, some you'll never get) -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 19, 15:01 17
      - was the Big Chill 1983? -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 19, 15:17 2
        
        it was released on 9/28 but does not appear on that chart -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 19, 15:19 1
        
        this shows it was released 9/30 and was number one that week. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 19, 15:21
      - I can remember music related to years around then more than movies for the year. - b. Jan 19, 15:13
      - From 1983? Uh.... -- nm - JaxSean Jan 19, 15:12 12
        
        fine nobody wants the bonus pixie points - slipping jimmy Jan 19, 15:16 11
        
        Ooh, Eddie & The Cruisers. I think I watched that 20 times on HBO. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 19, 15:25
        
        this "pieces"? no way it was #5. what's your source? nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 19, 15:19 9
        
        Variety -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 19, 15:20
        
        here's bom for that week. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 19, 15:20 7
        
        Heh, I almost said Flashdance. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 19, 15:25
        
        Variety's numbers back in the day were different -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jan 19, 15:21 5
        
        huh, I don't see anything at bom saying they adjust anything; and they're used as a source all over the place. -- nm - b. Jan 19, 15:30 4
        
        bruce at the-numbers shows similar to bom, says the numbers are from distributors; but that probably wasn't the case for the early ones. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 19, 15:32 3
        
        Speaking as the original source on some of this, I went into the archives of magazines and collated what I could. - David Jan 19, 15:35
        
        I have very little trust in much that's reported before 1988 or so. -- nm - Reagen Jan 19, 15:33 1
        
        oh yah, I'm just wondering how the numbers are so different from the variety list mick. linked. -- nm - b. Jan 19, 15:37
Playoff challenge: 6 with 3x bonus, 2 with 2x bonus. -- nm - Todd Manning Jan 19, 14:36 2
- eesh -- nm - Pippy Stardust Jan 19, 14:37 1
  - though the best I can have for the Super Bowl is 5 at 4x and 3 with no multiplier. -- nm - Todd Manning Jan 19, 14:43
The Hateful Eight soundtrack is currently playing on my Spotify ... that opening song is so dread-inducing ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 14:29 9
- I thought the Revanant soundtrack was pretty bad -- nm - Pippy Stardust Jan 19, 14:34 8
  - Hateful Eight is largely Ennio Morriconne, so it's basically perfection. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 14:35 7
    - It was by far the best soundtrack to a film this year and the sound in the film as well. I can't rave enough about the sound. I felt like I was in the - Krusty Jan 19, 14:54 6
      - There was one song that was out of place (highly anachronistic, not that it matters in a Tarantino film) spoilers - Beryllium Jan 19, 14:55 5
        
        It's not ringing a bell. -- nm - Krusty Jan 19, 14:57 2
        
        OK, actual spoilers - Beryllium Jan 19, 15:01 1
        
        Good catch. Spoiler - Krusty Jan 19, 15:04
        
        (what an egregious abuse of the spoilers feature, eh? ;-) ) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 14:56 1
        
        Ha! -- nm - Krusty Jan 19, 14:59
sugary snacks notes - I saw that oreo is coming out with a couple of cinnamon-y varieties; and for maple + pork likers, here is a poptarts review. -- (link) - b. Jan 19, 14:28 2
- i'm set for a few days.....Vons: 50 chocolate chip cookies for $5 -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 19, 14:40
- here's one of the oreos - cinnamon bun. someone in the comments said she tried/liked them a lot. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 19, 14:31
Bernie's up 27 (!!!) in NH. Six weeks ago he was up 10. -- (link) - ML Jan 19, 14:22 47
- I love him and his policies but he's done when the southern states start voting. I think he's going to get crushed. He'll do well in white states. -- nm - Krusty Jan 19, 14:56 2
  - Yeah, a 90% tax rate would be *awesome*. -- nm - Spawn Jan 19, 15:37 1
    - Smh -- nm - Krusty Jan 19, 15:46
- After watching the debate this weekend I would say he really is tapping into the base in much the same way Trump is. Of course it's not mean-spirited - pmb Jan 19, 14:34 10
  - I think Trump's supporters tend to be older, and more concerned about protecting their entitlements under Medicare, Social Security, etc... - Roger More Jan 19, 14:48 5
    - that's not what demographics the past couple of months have shown for trump. age is pretty spread. tilts male, tilts income under 50k, tilts no BA or - b. Jan 19, 14:55 3
      - Thanks for posting these (interesting that NYT's polling has an older skew for Trump while WaPo is about equal) -- nm - Roger More Jan 19, 16:29
      - here's a wapo piece from last month, scroll a bit for the trump graphic. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 19, 14:58 1
        
        in looking for those, I came across this - the one trait that identifies trump supporters more than others. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 19, 15:10
    - Yes, they come from opposite ends of the spectrum in almost every way, but it's similar disillusionment and anger. And they are both feeding that - pmb Jan 19, 14:52
  - I am a big Bernie supporter, and even I am baffled that he is apparently now running on a new single-payer proposal. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 19, 14:35 2
    - Why? He's talked about it for years and it's something he's been pushing from day one. He wanted Obama to go with single payer. -- nm - Krusty Jan 19, 14:59
    - And a pretty extreme form of one as well. Besides the fact that it will never, ever pass, when you dig into the details it's really rife with - pmb Jan 19, 14:39
  - I think they are opposite sides of a very similar coin, yes. -- nm - ML Jan 19, 14:35
- I sincerely hope he's still in it for Super Tuesday. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 14:27 26
  - squeaking out IA would go a long way towards that, I think - ML Jan 19, 14:30
  - Signed, every Republican hopeful. -- nm - ty97 Jan 19, 14:29 24
    - (and diehard liberals) -- nm - David Jan 19, 14:32 16
      - not *every* diehard liberal - ty97 Jan 19, 14:38 15
        
        I support the person that best represents the positions and policies I want for our country. I don't care if they can win. - Krusty Jan 19, 15:03 9
        
        (All politicians lie.) - JaxSean Jan 19, 15:11 4
        
        There are lies and there are lies. There are the lies of promising various policies and not delivering. Maybe not even pursuing them. There are - pmb Jan 19, 15:30
        
        Sure and that's more of what I meant to say. I'm a lazy writer on my phone. - Krusty Jan 19, 15:16 1
        
        That sounds about right. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 19, 15:27
        
        I don't think that's true*. I do believe that not lying isn't the pathway to success for most, though. -- nm - b. Jan 19, 15:15
        
        And I fully respect that approach. (edited to add IM) -- (edited) - ty97 Jan 19, 15:06 3
        
        That's true. I'm sure he's lied to me but I'm at the point of not believing anything Hillary says. Nothing. - Krusty Jan 19, 15:14 1
        
        I'm not really sure I get the "not believing anything Hillary says". I know the right believes that, but I get it a lot less when coming from the - pmb Jan 19, 15:23
        
        You totally had the opportunity to use "will get you Bernt." -- nm - JaxSean Jan 19, 15:13
        
        Then you're not a diehard liberal -- nm - Roger More Jan 19, 14:41 3
        
        i'm diehard, but not die stupid -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 19, 14:58
        
        This is a very shortsighted thing to say but *shrug* -- nm - ty97 Jan 19, 14:57 1
        
        Pragmatists aren't die-hards! By definition! -- nm - Roger More Jan 19, 15:00
        
        Ditto. -- nm - pmb Jan 19, 14:40
    - I'd really like to have someone to vote for during the primary rather than switching sides as usual and trying to get rid of those I dislike most. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 14:31 5
      - I completely respect that. -- nm - ty97 Jan 19, 14:37 4
        
        Online quiz-type things suggest I should vote for O'Malley but, I mean, that's not going to happen. -- nm - Qale Jan 19, 14:42 3
        
        The quizzes overwhelmingly tell me I should vote for Bernie and I would *love* to if it wasn't the equivalent of shooting my hand off. -- nm - ty97 Jan 19, 14:55 1
        
        ETA: And depending on the landscape when my state votes, it's quite possible I do vote for him. - ty97 Jan 19, 14:58
        
        It's interesting. He really is not a bad candidate. He's kind of vanilla, but has a strong resume and falls somewhere between Bernie and Hillary. - pmb Jan 19, 14:49
    - Us too! -- nm - MSM Jan 19, 14:30
- It would be more surprising if he wasn't doing well there. That's his backyard. -- nm - TWuG Jan 19, 14:25
- I'd wager this is a huge part of it: in the last month he's flipped Hillary on voters under 50. - ML Jan 19, 14:25 3
  - Which is awesome, but President Dean's point is well taken, and the numbers are roughly reversed among those over 45, and that cohort is much more - emoticripple Jan 19, 14:32
  - Well, they all finally started taking those Facebook "Who Would You Vote For" quizzes, and they all got Bernie. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 19, 14:31
  - I remember those voters. Good times. -- nm - Pres. Howard Dean Jan 19, 14:26
- this merits the ML Siren - slipping jimmy Jan 19, 14:24
The first dusting of snow of the year during the week so traffic is all effed up. - spamlet Jan 19, 14:20 1
- oof, rain is bad enough here. horrible commute this am, but at least there were lots of rainbows. -- nm - b. Jan 19, 14:23
'gritty' tacoma getting some culture, Doyles is having a Robert Burns night with a nice list of scotch tastings -- (link) - zeitgeist Jan 19, 14:17 1
- Gritty is an upgrade from armpit of the west -- nm - nic to be named later Jan 19, 15:34
really nice piece, linked by brandon mccarthy on twitter, about a writer who covers the yankees and her dad. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 19, 14:17
mdh is making babies? -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 19, 14:09 5
- Future babies. Approx. a handful of year on the plan. - MDH Jan 19, 14:21 4
  - snicker. handful. -- nm - Max Jan 19, 14:39
  - yay! -- nm - Andie Jan 19, 14:28
  - having a plan is good. :) - -- nm - b. Jan 19, 14:24 1
    - Babies are expensive, especially for 2 men. Womp. So yes, a plan is good haha. -- nm - MDH Jan 19, 14:38
Thank you for all of the condolences and well wishes. It's been a rough year so far. - sycor Jan 19, 14:06 7
- Ah, sorry man. -- nm - Spawn Jan 19, 15:35
- Big Hugs - so sorry -- nm - Pippy Stardust Jan 19, 14:35
- So very sorry. -- nm - emoticripple Jan 19, 14:34
- That's really rough. I'm sorry for your losses. - David Jan 19, 14:32
- I am so sorry. It will always be too soon. I hope the company of friends/family and good memories are comfort. -- nm - landbeck Jan 19, 14:22
- my condolences -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 19, 14:12
- Really sorry to read your news -- nm - prayformojo Jan 19, 14:07
"What is these animals?" -- nm - ML Jan 19, 14:03 1
- They aint even scared. -- nm - Max Jan 19, 14:06
Hmm, cougar sighted 1.5KM away from my son's school. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 19, 14:03 5
- Was she hot? -- nm - pmb Jan 19, 14:05 4
  - hey!!!! - groiny Jan 19, 14:12
  - I laughed at this way more than I should have. -- nm - sycor Jan 19, 14:11
  - And should Bery really have the CUGR app installed on his phone? -- nm - Max Jan 19, 14:07
  - Life. -- nm - Spawndroid Jan 19, 14:06

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