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The app Pocket informed me that in 2015 I was in the top 5% of users, that I had read approximately about 350k words. I joined Pocket in August. - Qale Feb 2, 20:39
The People vs OJ starts off with an appropriately creepy quiet vibe. -- nm - Max Feb 2, 20:36 1
- my comments after the role -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 2, 20:46
Flash (spoilers) - amoxy Feb 2, 20:21
I have a Facebook friend who regularly posts things that are less sensical than Sarah Palin - Dano Feb 2, 20:15 4
- reads like a late 1950's Beat poet -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 2, 20:29
- when does his book of slam poetry come out? -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 20:18 1
  - *snaps fingers rather than claps* -- nm - Qale Feb 2, 20:41
- I too enjoyed NFL Bad Lip reading -- nm - prayformojo Feb 2, 20:17
Green Room trailer -- (link) - Dano Feb 2, 20:08 [youtube]
Mrs Disney and I need the collective power of ST...... - Walt_Disney Feb 2, 19:42 15
- Good vibes -- nm - jaxSean Feb 2, 20:32
- dang....best wishes, -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 2, 20:26
- Good thoughts on their way -- nm - amoxy Feb 2, 20:22
- Good and healthy thoughts for him and your family. -- nm - Krusty - Most Right Poster Feb 2, 20:05
- all my best thoughts & wishes -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 2, 20:02
- Oh no!! - kelly Feb 2, 20:00 2
  - Inside........ - Walt_Disney Feb 2, 20:07 1
    - Oh yeah. With the big D, everything is affected. It's frustrating. - kelly Feb 2, 20:12
- sent -- nm - JenBro Feb 2, 19:53
- Good vibes your way. -- nm - MDH Feb 2, 19:52
- Very best thoughts to all. -- nm - Meg Feb 2, 19:51
- done! -- nm - ty97 Feb 2, 19:48
- you got them! -- nm - Remlik Feb 2, 19:46
- good thoughts being sent! -- nm - b. Feb 2, 19:43
- *sending good thoughts* -- nm - Dano Feb 2, 19:42
rick snyder plans to propose some help for flint residents. the plan makes me want him to do a certain kind of tv shame walk. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 2, 19:39 1
- for a geek entrepreneur who thought up Gateway - I'm expecting so much more from him in righting this wrong. -- nm - JenBro Feb 2, 20:00
OMG, I'd forgotten how much I need the Venture Bros. -- nm - Mop Feb 2, 19:33
Holy crap, McDavid. - Reagen Feb 2, 19:26 4
- here -- (link) - Reagen Feb 2, 19:32 3
  - hockey mcjesus indeed. that's impressive. my wife will be pleased. apparently I'm married to an oilers fan - mafic Feb 2, 19:53 1
    - you've chosen well. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 19:53
  - ! -- nm - mud Feb 2, 19:34
Ryan Murphy, don't you remember Eugene Robinson? -- (link) - amoxy Feb 2, 19:24 7
- As I've said since 1998, how can someone playing in the Super Bowl not get laid for free??? -- nm - David Feb 2, 19:29 3
  - well, he's on their practice squad. -- nm - b. Feb 2, 19:36 2
    - I am with the Broncos. - Will Hunting Feb 2, 19:40 1
      - oh yah, I just meant he won't be playing in the s.b. -- nm - b. Feb 2, 19:42
- I was like, "the Glee writer? Makes sense" -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 19:27
- heh, I just came to post that exact link. the story made me "c'mon dude" out loud. this other version says his brother was cited. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 2, 19:26 1
  - and the broncos have sent him back to denver. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 2, 19:27
the Toronto Maple Leafs unveiled their new logo tonight -- nm - mr. plow Feb 2, 19:00 8
- Well, that's not weird at all. -- (link) - Mop Feb 2, 20:09 1
  - Huh? No, the other team is copying an old Leafs logo -- (link) - Reagen Feb 2, 20:17
- A golf club? nm - Dignan Feb 2, 19:28
- How are they going to make a logo out of a giant sucking sound? -- nm - Roger More Feb 2, 19:24 2
  - "It's not a Roomba, it's a puck!" -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 19:27
  - Pamela Anderson is Canadian -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 2, 19:26
- ASCII shrug? No, wait, poop emoji. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 19:04
- Also with a new logo: Uber -- (link) - ty97 Feb 2, 19:01
"Detective Richard Knight was just an ordinary cop until the night the mob gunned him down and left him for dead." - David Feb 2, 18:59 1
- Oh my. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 2, 19:23
IU had a 25-0 run. -- nm - Spawn Feb 2, 18:56
I was avoiding semi-detached but this house has an open house this weekend. -- (link) - Dano Feb 2, 18:48 5
- Enola? Gay -- nm - mr. plow Feb 2, 19:00
- From an insurance view - how old is the roof - is that asbestos siding at the top and is it also still under the other siding and - JenBro Feb 2, 18:59
- It's cute and doesn't hurt to look. -- nm - iSpam Feb 2, 18:51
- needs some spit and polish but I like it. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 18:51 1
  - It has a couple little touches that I like. The faux brick corner and I've discovered I like odd shaped (non-rectangular) rooms. -- nm - Dano Feb 2, 18:58
"WE'LL FIGHT Y'ALL ON TIGER MOUNTAIN! WE'LL FIGHT Y'ALL ON TIGER MOUNTAIN!" -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 18:47 2
- "the last one is not a pig sound." -- nm - Tim Feb 2, 18:48 1
  - it's unreproducable in text but that thing he has Eli do is in the HoF of silly sounds. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 18:50
if you have comcast and hbo, it looks like "mad max: fury road" expires this sunday. -- nm - b. Feb 2, 18:38 1
- bummer. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 2, 18:45
I've just about had it to here with surly IT guys - Reagen Feb 2, 18:30 9
- my IT guy is fantastic. he spent an hour on the phone with Microsoft yesterday, and he clearly knew more than their dude. - mafic Feb 2, 19:50
- Sounds like you have the same ones my sister does. -- nm - nic to be determined Feb 2, 18:37
- Is this at school? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 2, 18:31 6
  - yes. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 18:33 5
    - So they're probably Union and you're SOL because you can't switch. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 2, 18:38 4
      - It's not like I'd have even 0.0001% say - Reagen Feb 2, 18:40 3
        
        maybe find the surliest one and try and get him head-hunted for a high paying corporation -- nm - Beryllium Feb 2, 18:46 2
        
        I don't think you quite understand how this revenge thing is supposed to work...oh yeah, you're Canadian, that's how you do things -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 2, 18:48 1
        
        They'll think they're getting a big break, but they'll flounder and foment in the corporation, forever dooming themselves to languish in obscurity .. - Beryllium Feb 2, 18:51
Tim Tebow fan should harness their energy into something else and they would be billionaires - Bacon Feb 2, 18:18 4
- Headline 2032: "Does Tim Tebow deserve another chance in the NFL?" -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 18:29 2
  - Next headline: "Jaromir Jagr suits up for 42nd NHL season" -- nm - Tim Feb 2, 18:31
  - He's Brett Favre without the actual career part. -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 18:29
- coincidentally, I just saw he's in a trending video on yt. promo for this thursday's "lip sync battle." nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 2, 18:20 [youtube]
Untouchables! - David Feb 2, 18:15 1
- Heh. :-) I just checked scores for the games. Nice win for the Vols. -- nm - Krusty - Most Right Poster Feb 2, 19:27
Yes it's clickbait but if your 24 of the most beautiful celebrity daughters list starts with Nichole Richie I ain't even going to look at the rest. - Bacon Feb 2, 18:11 2
- if she's the 24th then it can only get better -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 2, 18:25 1
  - They should have shortened the list -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 18:28
new to me - grease live is available for digital purchase at amazon for 9.99, but it's still available for free at the fox site. - b. Feb 2, 18:08 12
- Did they fix the sound issues in this version? -- nm - Dano Feb 2, 18:16 7
  - What are the sound issues I'm watching right now and I'm not really noticing anything. -- nm - pmb Feb 2, 18:58 5
    - It went completely mute during the high school dance scene. -- nm - David Feb 2, 19:00 4
      - Oh. I'm not there yet. So far I'm less impressed than people seemed to be. Everyone seems like they are just doing pale imitations of the film actors - pmb Feb 2, 19:23 1
        
        Except Boyz II Men who way over sang Beauty School Drop Out. -- nm - pmb Feb 2, 19:27
      - huh, the one I read about was static during "hopelessly devoted.." ~2/3 in, as it says in this. the commenter says something different, too. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 2, 19:14 1
        
        I think the commenter and you had the same experience, based on this. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 2, 19:15
  - in looking for if it's going to be reaired, I saw a story from the other night about the scramble to try to fix it before the - b. Feb 2, 18:18
- Actual purchase or pre-purchase? -- nm - David Feb 2, 18:09 3
  - it doesn't show a delay for me. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 2, 18:11 2
    - Interesting. Vudu is still in pre-order. -- nm - David Feb 2, 18:12 1
      - I want the Tits and Shits Unrated Version -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 18:15
McDavid is risen again. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 18:01
Key and Peele on The Muppets tonight. nm - Jovian Feb 2, 17:46
Kung Fu Panda 3 is pretty cool visually -- nm - con_carne Feb 2, 17:39
Ohh Megan Fox on New Girl next week. Yea I dont have a problem with that. -- nm - Jovian Feb 2, 17:33 1
- She needs to stop with the plastic surgery -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 17:35
gold star tweet for the parlimentarian nerds out there -- (link) - Reagen Feb 2, 17:26 7
- I actually know what all those things are! -- nm - mafic Feb 2, 18:05 2
  - I had not heard of the last one before but guessed based upon the rest of the sentence. -- nm - Walt_Disney Feb 2, 19:37
  - translation: - mafic Feb 2, 18:08
- The problem is Mr. Kenny can't keep any of his promises, so..... -- nm - CQ Feb 2, 18:04
- That is truly spectacular. -- nm - David Feb 2, 17:31
- special language like that always fascinates me. earlier, I was reading about silks and such in australia. -- nm - b. Feb 2, 17:28
- I love how the Irish just make up words. -- nm - Mop Feb 2, 17:27
Richard Dreyfuss at a Ted Cruz rally? -- (link) - amoxy Feb 2, 17:08 7
- If Mr Merengue wants to dance, we'll dance. -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 2, 18:47
- "This was no Voting Accident!!" -- nm - Richard in Iowa Feb 2, 17:12 2
  - I'm VOTING! Im VOTING! (i know wrong character) -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 2, 18:27
  - "We're gonna need a bigger caucus!" - Beryllium Feb 2, 18:26
- There is a Jake Tapper tweet/photo of the two of them on the BBs that explains why. -- nm - ML Feb 2, 17:10 2
  - (his link explains it. :) -) -- nm - b. Feb 2, 17:23 1
    - Research for when he's going to play Cruz on screen. -- nm - Max Feb 2, 18:18
I think captcha thinks america is screwed -- (edited) - zeitgeist Feb 2, 17:08
Hot take -- (link) - ty97 Feb 2, 17:07 6
- Just accept the horribility (new word!) of your posts yesterday. -- nm - David Feb 2, 17:08 5
  - Yesterday was a gold star day -- nm - ty97 Feb 2, 17:15 4
    - For STers without internet access. -- nm - David Feb 2, 17:16 3
      - Just think how they are getting to experience all of that awesomeness in one fell swoop now. - ty97 Feb 2, 17:18 2
        
        I absolutely agree with your IM, just not the way you meant it. -- nm - David Feb 2, 17:19 1
        
        And then the remote breaks. But you're too tired to stand up and change the channel. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 2, 18:27
Mystery grows as catfish keep showing up in mailboxes -- (link) - ML Feb 2, 17:07 9
- the meanest prank I ever did in university was hiding a trout in someone's sofa. - mafic Feb 2, 18:10
- Next on the X-Files... -- nm - nic to be determined Feb 2, 18:00
- Will nobody think of the children? -- nm - amoxy Feb 2, 17:22
- it starts out with a catfish. then it's a pickerel and the next thing you know there's a gar in the mailbox...nm - x Feb 2, 17:12 4
  - awww, hell.....it's pickled herring day! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 2, 17:18
  - my brother's roommate's friend in college found a walleye in his mom's mailbox and seven days later she died - ML Feb 2, 17:16 2
    - now i'm freaked out...nm - x Feb 2, 17:18 1
      - When Ted Bundy was a kid they caught him with a crappie. People forget that. -- nm - ML Feb 2, 17:25
- poor fishies. maybe it's a really poorly thought out pr move by this place. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 2, 17:09
b about that article. Reading between the lines Jed is probably acting like he's keeping CK to increase his trade value. - Bacon Feb 2, 17:03 2
- there were stories a couple of days ago re: them being at odds about Kaep. it'll be interesting to see how it plays out, since - b. Feb 2, 17:07 1
  - I like the Chip Kelly hire but our owners are dumb. Isn't your QB something you talk about in the coach hiring process? WTF is going on down there? -- nm - Bacon Feb 2, 17:09
icft, trump acknowledges skipping the last debate may have hurt him; but, instead of linking to that, have another incomplete story. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 2, 17:03 1
- worse than showing up and letting Fox light into him all night? - mr. plow Feb 2, 17:11
G.E. to phase out the Compact Fluorescent Light -- (link) - amoxy Feb 2, 17:00
Groundhog Day always has a different tone in Canada - Reagen Feb 2, 17:00 5
- coincidentally, just saw this about the movie. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 2, 17:26 3
  - It'd be weirder if it was an old Michael Shannon. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 17:31
  - the movie that got him his SAG card -- nm - mr. plow Feb 2, 17:30 1
    - also, his first manager was Lee Daniels -- nm - mr. plow Feb 2, 17:30
- Relatedly, it was 75 degrees here today. - David Feb 2, 17:03
B2 grade: C-. Passing, but needs a lot of improvement. -- nm - ML Feb 2, 16:59

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