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heh, note from my client "we will review nothing and get back to you shortly." I know what they're referring to, but this still amuses me. -- nm - mafic Jan 21, 00:46
Everyone keeps snickering at Palin's rambling disjointed speach (stupid, drunken etc) but its kinda like free form poetry... - zeitgeist Jan 20, 23:57
sfek -- nm* - zeitgeist Jan 20, 23:49
So apparently some TN cops pulled over some federal cops for an illegal car search. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 20, 23:29 [youtube] 4
- Here's the actual link. Sounds like typical "prey on tourists" corrupt bullshit. -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 20, 23:34 3
  - meanwhile in Canada: "Syrian kids experience tobogganing" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 23:37 2
    - Are you having fun? -- nm - con_carne Jan 20, 23:42 1
      - He lives in Canada. What's he got to complain about? -- nm - Mop Jan 21, 00:54
Local news tonight reported a dog from Arkansas had been found in Ontario, CA. and the shelter was asking for donations to get him home. -- (link) - Meg Jan 20, 23:22
Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" video on YouTube has 1.4 BILLION views. I'm only responsible for about 10% of those. -- nm - Mop Jan 20, 23:09 2
- and she is on the very top of your kids list of acceptable step-moms -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 20, 23:15 1
  - Have I told you kids just how much I love you? -- nm - Mop Jan 20, 23:19
honestly, when i hear "Buffalo Bill" and "female" in the same sentence, i get a little nervous -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 20, 23:06 1
- He skins his humps. -- nm - Mop Jan 20, 23:08
So my Windows 10 lock screen was an ad for Minions today. Ads on my laptop. Is this acceptable? -- nm - Mop Jan 20, 22:46 6
- I have never heard of this before. -- nm - Ender Jan 21, 06:51
- Here's an article from April about how Microsoft was considering it. -- (link) - Mop Jan 20, 23:08
- were they recruiting? -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 20, 23:03
- Windows 10? absolutely not -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 20, 23:03
- That's ... Despicable. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 23:01
- Ask for your money back -- nm - con_carne Jan 20, 22:48
Right Round, Like A Record, Baby -- (link) - Beryllium Jan 20, 22:36
Meg, I just bought a 30's-40's Navajo rug on ebay. The seller is in Garden Grove. -- (link) - Peglegpete Jan 20, 22:04 2
- Nice!! Didn't know we had anyone locally dealing in that kind of quality. -- nm - Meg Jan 20, 22:18 1
  - Oh sh*t! Where's my rug?! -- nm - Meg s.i. Jan 20, 23:22
More Celebrity nano-impressions -- (link) - Reagen Jan 20, 21:55 [youtube] 3
- As a bonus, he doesn't need to learn George W. Bush. -- nm - Mop Jan 20, 23:18
- I think you mean Juan Jamon. -- nm - mafic Jan 20, 23:03
- Yams. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 22:12
I need a new video game that isn't Fallout. any recommendations? -- nm - mafic Jan 20, 21:17 4
- Just Cause 3 (aka blow sh!t up 3) -- nm - decline Jan 20, 21:43 2
  - "why?" "eh, just cause." -- nm - Tim Jan 20, 22:22 1
    - That's an intentional pun in the title. -- nm - Mop Jan 20, 23:21
- Ms. Packman -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 20, 21:19
Screw you guys, I'm going to bed. - David Jan 20, 21:16
Just caught the first couple of minutes of Criminal Minds. WTF is wrong with people?! -- nm - Mop Jan 20, 21:07 8
- my first thought was what do their want ads look like when the show needs new writers? -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 20, 21:43
- Is the quirky chick hot? -- nm - amoxy Jan 20, 21:33 1
  - I wouldn't know. All I saw is the murder-of-the-week. -- nm - Mop Jan 20, 21:35
- For starters, they watch Criminal Minds. -- nm - David Jan 20, 21:15 4
  - Right? It's the show that ate joy. -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 21:23 3
    - (I recall someone here suggesting that its entire demographic was serial killers) -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 21:24 2
      - As I've said before, it's "If The Band Slayer Made A TV Show" -- nm - con_carne Jan 20, 21:28 1
        
        Michael Haeneke is like, "Dudes." -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 21:36
Something noteworthy about Terminator is that if they don't do a film by 2019, rights revert back to James Cameron. - David Jan 20, 21:03 6
- Only if he's actually done with Avatar 2 by then. -- nm - Qale Jan 20, 21:11
- "Maybe Josh Dallas this time?" "NO! Blander!" -- nm - Skydance Productions Jan 20, 21:06 4
  - Josh Dallas and Matt Czuchry should have a squinty stare-off contest. - Max Jan 20, 21:11 2
    - Speaking of, Milo Ventimiglia would be another excellent terrible choice. -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 21:21
    - I was rooting for the Asteroids to blow you up. -- nm - David Jan 20, 21:14
  - (I knew this was you.) - David Jan 20, 21:08
I'm creeping on $3Billlllllllion. -- nm - Volnelk Jan 20, 20:53 1
- You forgot an "H" in there somewhere. -- nm - Mop Jan 20, 21:34
Star Wars: a 7 minute fan film...Kara....it's really good... -- (link) - Remlik Jan 20, 20:53 1
- Good. But the best Star Wars fan film remains "Troops". -- nm - Mop Jan 20, 21:08
The Wave trailer -- (link) - Dano Jan 20, 20:45 [youtube] 5
- i ain't scared of no CGI tsunami -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 20, 21:52
- A Kristoffer Joner movie? I'm in! -- nm - amoxy Jan 20, 21:31
- "we have ten minutes! let's stop and hug for a while." -- nm - mafic Jan 20, 20:51
- I expected this to be a horror movie about an arena wave that kills a spectator every time it comes around the stadium. -- nm - Max Jan 20, 20:51
- Prequel already? -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 20:46
Supposedly someone sent a care package of those gut-twisting gummy bears to the Oregon dudes -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 20:37 3
- Someone needs to send them envelopes filled with glitter. -- nm - Mop Jan 21, 00:55
- gummy dildos! -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 20, 20:47
- I really want to see someone set up one of those stick and box traps with snacks under it - TWuG Jan 20, 20:40
When could we expect information to be available for this year's TIFF and for people to start planning. - Meg Jan 20, 20:27 6
- yay! let's just pick one or the other ... there will be plenty of great films either way -- nm - JenBro Jan 20, 22:12 1
  - If I do it I'd probably be there just Thursday to Sunday - then on to my brother's in Nova Scotia for a week. - Meg Jan 20, 22:21
- I need to hurry up and buy a house so I know what my finances are. -- nm - Dano Jan 20, 20:40
- Step #1 will be deciding whether to go first or second weekend (there are pros/cons to both) -- nm - ty97 Jan 20, 20:34 1
  - Yep, I think that will be the big problem. If there's any chance of using air-miles I have to book months ahead :/ -- nm - Meg Jan 20, 21:05
- Dates are Sep 8-18, schedule won't be known until August. -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 20:31
Ahh, so it was because of PTSD that Track did what he did. Thanks for explaining Mom Palin. nm - Jovian Jan 20, 20:24 12
- I really liked it better when the media had her on Ignore. -- nm - David Jan 20, 20:42 5
  - Why do you think she hitched her wagon to Donald? -- nm - TWuG Jan 20, 20:46 4
    - I presume they're doing it. (nm) - David Jan 20, 21:06 3
      - Gives new meaning to the phrase "bumping uglies". -- nm - TWuG Jan 20, 21:28
      - Never put your dick in crazy -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 20, 21:17 1
        
        He would never do a woman who obviously can't do birth control anymore than self control -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 20, 21:47
- Funny how personal responsibility ends when she or hers are the ones that need to be responsible. -- nm - TWuG Jan 20, 20:30 1
  - but this is a thing that happened to meeeeeeee -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 20:32
- well, Obama -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 20, 20:26 3
  - Also got Bristol preggers twice -- nm - Bacon Jan 20, 20:29 2
    - IT WAS ON PURPOSE THE SECOND TIME! or something. -- nm - mafic Jan 20, 20:39 1
      - The entire family is white trash. always has been always will be. -- nm - Jovian Jan 20, 20:40
i'm eagerly awaiting the next installment of wiggums' tale of feline home invasion -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 20, 20:11
give this LAT headline writer a gold medal -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jan 20, 19:58 3
- "Also, why isn't there a Children's Day?" -- nm - next, one presumes Jan 20, 20:08
- BET gets into the game. -- (link) - Dano Jan 20, 20:03 1
  - Lots of Win there. -- nm - Davi Jan 20, 20:06
The first released email to Rick Synder regarding Flint water - amoxy Jan 20, 19:52 5
- "who ordered the black hiliters ?" -- nm - gort Jan 20, 21:56
- Rick, Dan, Zack. What is it with guys named Snyder? -- nm - Roger More Jan 20, 19:58 1
  - What's Wrong With Zach Snyder (2018 Palm d'Or winning documentary) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 20:02
- NYT has the whole batch (i think). they are not favorable to his administration -- nm* - slipping jimmy Jan 20, 19:56
- Maybe the NSA should step in and sort out that chain of decision-making. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 19:54
Mystery Diners tonight was very good -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 20, 19:40 3
- That show bothers me. It's entertaining and watchable, but it feels obviously staged. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 19:41 2
  - it's a very patented script, so yes there is some staging -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 20, 19:43 1
    - At least they're unabashed about it, so it's still fun -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 19:44
People, I need immediate help! I have a difficult Amazon dilemma! - Mop Jan 20, 19:37 5
- ignore the cart and finishing shopping for 3 days. in the meantime, you will think of what else you need -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 20, 19:41
- Are you prime so shipping doesn't matter? Spend the 15 bucks to get it to 25 -- nm - amoxy Jan 20, 19:40 1
  - Not all items are Prime, so there is that. Though I love having Prime for shipping and music. -- nm - Bacon Jan 20, 20:31
- Amazon sells clothes. Buy clothes. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 19:38
- f*ck the doorman. -- nm - mafic Jan 20, 19:38
Just finished The Big Short....Cool film. -- nm - budice Jan 20, 19:36 2
- Now f**k off -- nm - amoxy Jan 20, 19:36 1
  - Im like what's this chick in the bathtub business on ST...spoils... - budice Jan 20, 19:38
The Maxx, The Head and Aeon Flux - amoxy Jan 20, 19:34 1
- MKF I suppose. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 20, 20:15
That Glympse thing Max used on B2 is cool. -- nm - Mop Jan 20, 19:27 1
- much better than leaving a trail of bread crumbs -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 20, 19:31
365 days from today, we will have a new president -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 20, 19:26 11
- President Bill Murray! -- nm - Spawn Jan 20, 20:07
- no. 2. Kang & Kodos are a team -- nm - Peglegpete Jan 20, 19:43
- I am really nervous that that endorsement by Palin put Trump over the top -- nm - amoxy Jan 20, 19:37 5
  - Every poll performed in the wake of the 2008 election indicated that Palin's presence on the ticket was devastating to McCain. - David Jan 20, 19:45 4
    - I don't think she actually gives a shit about anything but the money at this point. - mafic Jan 20, 19:53 3
      - I think you've just described the entirety of the GOP - TWuG Jan 20, 20:20
      - no, i think she's enough of a narcissist to actually want people to believe her too -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 20, 19:55 1
        
        Astute. -- nm - David Jan 20, 20:41
- All Glory To President Hypnotoad -- nm - Beryllium Jan 20, 19:36
- and he will start building the wall between the US and Mexico -- nm - Bacon Jan 20, 19:30 1
  - So if you want to escape to Mexico, do it soon. -- nm - Mop Jan 20, 19:31
And thanks everybody for your kind thoughts and helpful suggestions - Covington on Fire Jan 20, 19:18 2
- He sounds utterly bizarre. -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 19:20 1
  - yah, and super controlling. :/ -- nm - b. Jan 20, 19:23
Whenever I hear Dutch accents, such as Jarvis's wife on Agent Carter, I can only think - Reagen Jan 20, 19:09 2
- I have a Dutch friend here who purposefully adopted an Australian accent because 'Dutch people sound like assholes in English.' -- nm - mafic Jan 20, 19:12 1
  - I mean, baby steps. -- nm - Reagen Jan 20, 19:17
Quick update. (It's late. I have to get up early.) -- (edited) - Covington on Fire Jan 20, 19:03 2
- oh good, I'm glad there's enough money to allow options, esp. to not have you have to think of possibly paying for anything. -- nm - b. Jan 20, 19:07
- i would also suggest getting in touch with a local family law or estates & trusts attorney in that town to help guide you through the process - slipping jimmy Jan 20, 19:06
I really do find the Walmart consumer panel amusing. Today's survey wanted to know what I do with leftover fresh grocery items ? - Meg Jan 20, 18:55 4
- This was me until about a month ago. we had a lot of "leftover" fresh produce that would go bad before I'd think to do something with it. - kelly Jan 20, 20:03
- yeah, that seems kind of like asking 'what do you do with your leftover flour?' if I have ingredients, I use them to make things. -- nm - mafic Jan 20, 18:59 2
  - it's fresh ingredients, though. I think it's a great idea; but it's already out there, at least for the "what to do with these things" part. -- nm - b. Jan 20, 19:10 1
    - About the only problems I ever have are with yams and sometimes kale. - Meg Jan 20, 19:13
It's crazy out there. Every intersection is ice and cars slid for about five feet before stopping. I wish I could see the bridges over the Potomac. -- nm - Max Jan 20, 18:53 7
- they ain't gonna tow the hot ass maxima are they? -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 20, 19:38
- here's the woodrow wilson bridge 95/495. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 20, 18:55 4
  - that's from this page, with maryland cams. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 20, 18:57 3
    - this looks pretty great - each blue circle is a camera. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 20, 19:00 1
      - hmph, they're really incomplete for my general area. almost nothing for highways. -- nm - b. Jan 20, 19:03
    - you can even see what it's like up in pixieland -- (link) - slipping jimmy Jan 20, 18:59
- see ya in the spring -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 20, 18:55
Answer inside -- (link) - Maxxx Jan 20, 18:47 [youtube] 2
- Bummer, I thought this was about The Maxx -- nm - amoxy Jan 20, 19:33 1
  - *twitch* -- nm - Spawn Jan 20, 20:07
Hey Max, wanna build a snowman? -- nm - Anna Jan 20, 18:45

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