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Cruz says his children are 'better behaved' than Trump. Does that include the one that would not let him kiss her? -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 12:48
There's a guy in a cube a few behind me having a very contentious budget conversation. - Mel Profit Feb 3, 12:45 3
- Obvious plant that just outed himself. -- nm - spamlet Feb 3, 12:49
- ask him about the directional risk of his holdings -- nm - oblique Feb 3, 12:48 1
  - by the sounds of it I think he'd pull my arm and beat me to death with it before I bled out. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 3, 12:49
doing my taxes, is this something I want to sock away for next year? - Tim Feb 3, 12:42 3
- Likely No dice. It's non insurance losses. -- nm - iSpam Feb 3, 12:46 1
  - Gotcha. -- nm - Tim Feb 3, 12:47
- sounds like you should sock away your car. -- nm - groiny Feb 3, 12:43
contractor: just got second coat of stain on door. ollie "helped." me: chubbers crying in attic. - amanda jonas Feb 3, 12:40 1
- Haha! :-) -- nm - Krusty - Most Right Poster Feb 3, 13:14
Ok. Wife and I just caught up on Scandal. Any other Netflix series suggestions along those lines? Not super serious but a page turner? -- nm - Volnelk Feb 3, 12:35 10
- Everybody needs to watch Narcos. -- nm - ML Feb 3, 12:38 3
  - ****YES*** For the love of Benji, this one time and this one time only, listen to ML! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 3, 12:46
  - I love that the lead actor speaks Portuguese and didn't know a word of Spanish when he was cast. -- nm - Andie Feb 3, 12:45 1
    - And only the second Brazilian actor to get a Golden Globe nomination! -- nm - ML Feb 3, 12:48
- if you have amazon, you should watch the good wife. as should I. wait, I can't go out tonight. I'm super behind on TV. -- nm - amanda jonas Feb 3, 12:37
- have you been watching How To Get Away With Murder? -- nm - oblique Feb 3, 12:36 3
  - We haven't. Similar? -- nm - Volnelk Feb 3, 12:40 2
    - it's Shondaland -- nm - mr. plow Feb 3, 12:46
    - I'd say that Revenge is probably more similar but it seems to be in that vein -- nm - oblique Feb 3, 12:41
- Leverage. -- nm - amoxy Feb 3, 12:36
izombs was funny but i hate the new dude liv is jamming -- nm - mr. plow Feb 3, 12:33 3
- I'm behind! spoilers! -- nm - amanda jonas Feb 3, 12:40
- Is it any better than her eating brain, acting different, solving case? -- nm - amoxy Feb 3, 12:35 1
  - i wasn't crazy about this week's brain, sexy though it may have been -- nm - mr. plow Feb 3, 12:36
Not only is Carly not dropping out, she's demanding to be in the debate -- (link) - ty97 Feb 3, 12:31 7
- is she also demanding an Iowa redo like that clown? -- nm - Jovian Feb 3, 12:45
- As I have never heard her speak a single word, I understand why she might think that but totally disagree with her. -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 12:38 2
  - She made the main stage once -- nm - ty97 Feb 3, 12:46 1
    - Then spent her one shot describing a slasher movie that nobody else saw, even the ones that saw the movie she was lying about -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 13:49
- With as many as have dropped out I don't think that's unreasonable. There's really no reason to have an undercard anymore. -- nm - pmb Feb 3, 12:33 2
  - Hunger Games time -- nm - mr. plow Feb 3, 12:35 1
    - Colbert has not done his hunger games farewell to those who dropped out yet. He needs to get on that. -- nm - pmb Feb 3, 12:37
It's Tweeter, not Twitterer. -- (link) - ty97 Feb 3, 12:26
This one is for Will. -- (link) - Shaun Feb 3, 12:25 [Image]
Midweek Poll: What, if any, movies would you like to see in theatre this weekend? -- nm - Andie Feb 3, 12:18 52
- Double bill on Sat. Zoolander 2 and a secret screening (hoping it's Deadpool) -- nm - LMS Feb 4, 04:20
- Fair warning on Caesar, its an acquired taste. - budice Feb 3, 12:32 3
  - Is it "O'Brother"..."Lebowski"...or...Barton Fink Funny? - Mel Profit Feb 3, 12:41
  - Barton Fink, but less of the weird stuff and more the funny stuff? I can live with that. -- nm - Baron Whitlock Feb 3, 12:38
  - Sounds perfect. (NM) - Marlowe Feb 3, 12:33
- still need to see Big Short -- nm - JenBro Feb 3, 12:32 1
  - I was surprised how much I liked Big Short. I had kind of avoided it because I thought it'd be too preachy. -- nm - Baron Whitlock Feb 3, 12:37
- Hail Caesar... - Mel Profit Feb 3, 12:31
- nothing planned until next week. - Truman Feb 3, 12:26
- Star Wars 9 -- nm - Volnelk Feb 3, 12:26
- I would love to see Hail, Ceasar!, but that will have to wait until April. - Marlowe Feb 3, 12:26
- Hail Caesar - mr. plow Feb 3, 12:23
- Hail Caesar or Anomlisa -- nm - amoxy Feb 3, 12:23 4
  - I would literally recommend Anomalisa to no one. -- nm - David Feb 3, 12:25 3
    - it's not Eternal Sunshine good but it's fine -- nm - mr. plow Feb 3, 12:28 2
      - There's just nothing memorable or interesting about it for me. - David Feb 3, 12:31 1
        
        QED -- nm - mr. plow Feb 3, 12:32
- Ave, Caesar! -- nm - Baron Whitlock Feb 3, 12:22 3
  - But what if I don't speak Latin? -- nm - prayformojo Feb 3, 12:38 2
    - Don't worry. I'm sure you can find a post-Vatican II version in the theatre near you. -- nm - Baron Whitlock Feb 3, 12:43 1
      - Bueno! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 3, 12:47
- Star Wars part 8 & 9. sadly they are not ready yet :(( -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 3, 12:22
- Pass. -- nm - Shaun Feb 3, 12:22
- Deadpool -- nm - decline Feb 3, 12:22 1
  - I wish. -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 12:27
- Zoolander 2 and KFP3, but I think they're going to have to wait another week. -- nm - David Feb 3, 12:21 24
  - Being as Zoolander doesn't open till next week, yes, probably. -- nm - Andie Feb 3, 12:22 23
    - Ugh. I don't even know what day it is. -- nm - David Feb 3, 12:23 22
      - We good husbands know it is 11 days until Valentine's Day. -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 12:28 20
        
        We better husbands have already exchanged Valentine's Day gifts. -- nm - David Feb 3, 12:30 19
        
        We best husbands exchange gifts with our wives just because, and still celebrate The Holiday. -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 12:31 18
        
        We better than best husbands get tickets to Beach Boys concerts. - David Feb 3, 12:32 15
        
        next up darlin'...a trip to Gitmo. - Mel Profit Feb 3, 12:48
        
        You just suicided yourself in this thread. I win. We ultimate husbands take our wives to good bands, like the Rolling Stones. - Spawn Feb 3, 12:37 13
        
        If you don't like the Beach Boys, you're so un-American might as well make out with Vladimir Putin. -- nm - David Feb 3, 12:49 1
        
        True Story: The Beach Boys are Communist Sleeper Agents. - Mel Profit Feb 3, 12:50
        
        I don't know about that..but I do know we'll be spending part of Valentine's weekend in your neck o the woods. - Jim Feb 3, 12:40 3
        
        Damn it. I have a meeting on Saturday but I will talk to you as it gets closer to see schedules. -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 12:43 1
        
        Yeah, we're driving up, dropping them at the concert and getting a hotel room probably and then picking them up after. - Jim Feb 3, 12:51
        
        grrrrrrr -- nm - groiny Feb 3, 12:40
        
        we, the bestest husbands, convinced our wives that V day is stupid. -- nm - groiny Feb 3, 12:38 6
        
        Join kilbo at the "not even trying" debate. -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 12:39 4
        
        Where do the husband's go who have the agreement with their wives that instead of gifts that we don't need for every holiday... - Jim Feb 3, 12:42 3
        
        Unromantic Island! -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 12:44 2
        
        Feels pretty romantic when we're strolling down the beach at midnight... -- nm - Jim Feb 3, 12:45 1
        
        Shunted Romance Island! -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 12:47
        
        preach on brother -- nm - oblique Feb 3, 12:39
        
        We pro husbands know the whole thing is crap and don't have to do anything and still get to say Happy Birthday that night - oblique Feb 3, 12:31 1
        
        You can now join David at the lower tier debate. -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 12:39
      - Helmet Catch Day!!! -- nm - Shaun Feb 3, 12:23
- Still haven't gotten to Spotlight. That's my first choice. -- nm - pmb Feb 3, 12:20
- I would like to see Finest Hours, and maybe Regression. -- nm - Andie Feb 3, 12:20
Natural food blog suggests Chipotle food contamination was bio-terrorism -- (link) - zeitgeist Feb 3, 12:15 1
- sounds perfectly reasonable :) -- nm - oblique Feb 3, 12:29
what i learned reading the first two pages of the (Nancy) Drew CBS pilot: she drives an Uber, because of course she does - mr. plow Feb 3, 12:14 9
- What other job can you just leave any time to go investigate something? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 12:16 3
  - personal assistant to Cat Grant -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 3, 12:19 1
    - A singer in a rock n roll band, a fashion photographer, a supermodel -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 12:24
  - She needs to be, like, a travel writer or something. -- nm - Andie Feb 3, 12:17
- oh, i hate that. - Andie Feb 3, 12:16 3
  - oh, and her Uber car is a blue Mini Cooper - mr. plow Feb 3, 12:24 2
    - Me and the boys are late for our gig at the club, loads a Hammond B3 on the roof -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 12:26
    - like she would drive a four door mini cooper. -- nm - amanda jonas Feb 3, 12:25
- See, kids? We're all trendy and junk! -- nm - CBS Feb 3, 12:15
LOL Connor McDavid wut? - ML Feb 3, 12:09
one of my favorite scenes in the People Vs OJ from last night...spoils - Peglegpete Feb 3, 12:06
ST Poll: When you get a new phone, do you get insurance on it? - sycor Feb 3, 12:04 20
- I hadn't; but I never had a very spendy personal phone before my Samsung. I found an inexpensive plan through square trade that had decent - b. Feb 3, 12:41
- I had it as part of my home policy for a long time - but now companies are no longer giving phone coverage (it was cheap - like $3 a year? - no deduct - JenBro Feb 3, 12:31 4
  - just a blah case? I could never. I would rather shatter my phone. #monarch4life -- nm - amanda jonas Feb 3, 12:39 1
    - :) I would never guess you only had one case ... let alone it being an otter box one. -- nm - JenBro Feb 3, 12:47
  - you should lift that print and use it to frame him for murder -- nm - mr. plow Feb 3, 12:32 1
    - I sense a script in this post -- nm - JenBro Feb 3, 12:33
- I don't. the "deductibles" are so high that you may as well just suck it up and pay for a new phone. - amanda jonas Feb 3, 12:10 9
  - I thought it was only $50 .... -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 12:22 4
    - Depends on the phone. My Edge was $200. nm - Jim Feb 3, 12:43
    - twice last year friends of mine replaced iphones with deductibles of $169. if that's changed, maybe it'd be worth it. -- nm - amanda jonas Feb 3, 12:23 2
      - gotta be phone-clumsy if you're gonna roll with mandy's squad -- nm - mr. plow Feb 3, 12:31 1
        
        I have smashed one, wet one and lost one -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 13:53
  - well this would have been good to know -- nm - mr. plow Feb 3, 12:11 3
    - I think you can cancel along the way. *pause* heh, the squaretrade site even has a page that shows how for different carriers. nm but: -- (link) - b. Feb 3, 12:44
    - yeah, all of my friends are verizon. they've all ditched. -- nm - amanda jonas Feb 3, 12:18
    - math is hard -- nm - Roger More Feb 3, 12:12
- i have been (s'only $7/mo) but so far i've only accidentally dropped my phone once where i was genuinely worried i might have cracked it - mr. plow Feb 3, 12:06
- No---and I've broken one, and gotten one wet---both were replaced by apple, for free, at the apple store -- nm - Flavorize Feb 3, 12:06 1
  - Yeah, same with my android through Verizon. As long as you do not lose it, you are good. -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 12:07
- No. -- nm - Shaun Feb 3, 12:05
18 cities in Pennsylvania reported higher levels of lead exposure than Flint -- (link) - ty97 Feb 3, 11:53 4
- in their environment at large (?) the levels in the Flint water meant they were mainlining it instead of accreting -- nm - mr. plow Feb 3, 11:57 2
  - Flint, perhaps many old hoods, have lead pipes, not just lead solder, or lead in the metal component pipe, a tube of lead -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 12:18
  - The content in Logan's school is high, as well. - Spawn Feb 3, 12:04
- it's not a contest.. -- nm - colin Feb 3, 11:55
Recently, I had the thrilling pleasure of paragliding through the Aurora Borealis in Norway. It was quite incredi....wait, no. That was some other guy -- (link) - prayformojo Feb 3, 11:53 2
- LOLOLOL - you totally had me ... I was REALLY going to envy you -- nm - JenBro Feb 3, 12:33
- Brian Williams? -- nm - ML Feb 3, 11:53
yeah, paulina is a good choice. (I'm studying for budget review so I will be late replying for the rest of the day.) -- nm - amanda jonas Feb 3, 11:49
David posted this 2 days ago but it bears repeating.... Better Call Saul now available on Netflix streaming. -- nm - Baron Whitlock Feb 3, 11:46 2
- Netflix emailed me about it. Cool, I guess. -- nm - Shaun Feb 3, 11:49
- new season starts next sunday -- nm - mr. plow Feb 3, 11:48
TV PSA: AI, 2 Broke Girls, Arrow, Madoff, Mysteries of Laura, Mike & Molly, American Pickers, Face Off, L&O SVU, Star Wars Rebels, Supernatural, -- nm - Beaker Feb 3, 11:40 15
- Property Bros. -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 3, 11:49
- Is this a list of shows I shouldn't watch? What a nice PSA. -- nm - colin Feb 3, 11:43
- Hell's Kitchen, American Crime, Chicago PD, Code Black, Suits, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Feb 3, 11:41 12
  - wait, wasn't am crime last night? -- nm - amanda jonas Feb 3, 11:48 2
    - that was the OJ Simpson show -- nm - Beaker Feb 3, 11:49 1
      - how many times will I ask about this? thanks! -- nm - amanda jonas Feb 3, 11:50
  - Looks like a Destiny night, then. -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 11:41 8
    - You and groiny should do KF bro. -- nm - Shaun Feb 3, 11:45
    - Arrow, Pickers, Rebels, Supernatural, Suits. Busy TV night here. -- nm* - Beaker Feb 3, 11:43 6
      - Damnit, did I miss Baskets last night -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 3, 11:45 1
        
        tomorrow night -- nm - Beaker Feb 3, 11:49
      - and you don't watch SW Rebels? For shame. It is quite good. -- nm - Beaker Feb 3, 11:44 3
        
        I watched the first few. I just do not enjoy watching forms of things I like devolve. Same reason I can not really read the comics (except for Vader). -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 11:47 2
        
        we watch with the kids. -- nm - Beaker Feb 3, 11:53
        
        Princess Leia joined the show this season -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 3, 11:50
Dennis Wideman gets 20 games for bodychecking ref -- nm - Beaker Feb 3, 11:39 4
- dumbass. he should have gotten more. -- nm - Diva Feb 3, 11:45 1
  - They gave him the minimum because they had to. - Spawn Feb 3, 11:48
- About 62 too few. -- nm - Baron Whitlock Feb 3, 11:40
- I guess they didn't believe him. -- nm - Spawn Feb 3, 11:40

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