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David, creators of Phineas and Ferb have a new show coming called Milo Murphy's Law. Weird Al will voice Milo! -- (link*) - TWuG Feb 4, 10:12
Tell us NY Times, how *should* Latino politicians behave in public? -- (link) - Strongbad Feb 4, 10:06 11
- Oh look, it's time to pick a random paragraph from a newspaper article and get upset about it -- nm - Roger More Feb 4, 10:17 4
  - I would expect to see a post like this quite a lot more often here... - The Death Sceire Feb 4, 10:28 1
    - Strongbad is complaining about something already addressed in the article. - Roger More Feb 4, 10:38
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    - Those *are* pretty high standards. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 4, 10:26
- They're supposed to all be Democrats, duh! -- nm - The Death Sceire Feb 4, 10:09 3
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  - "Identity Politics: Not Just For Libtards Anymore" -- nm - mr. plow Feb 4, 10:11
  - Actually, we don't want those two. -- nm - David Feb 4, 10:11
- not batshit insane? -- nm - mr. plow Feb 4, 10:08
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ST Poll --what would it take to get you to drop $300 on an entertainment expense? - Znufrii Feb 4, 10:00 39
- 30 Seconds to Mars show with only 50 in attendance and Leto's not allowed to speak between songs -- nm - Epiphany Feb 4, 10:16 1
  - lol -- nm - JaxSean Feb 4, 10:26
- I paid 150 bucks to see the All Star Game when it was at US Cellular. - groiny Feb 4, 10:14 2
  - I paid $ 125 for Beyonce - totally worth it -- nm - Epiphany Feb 4, 10:17
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- mel got me to pay a lot for Pacquiao v. De La Hoya. A lot. - Deeve Feb 4, 10:13
- Tickets to see Notre Dame football play. -- nm - The Death Sceire Feb 4, 10:12 3
  - You're going to be jealous. - JaxSean Feb 4, 10:13 2
    - Oh that's awesome! I hope you guys have a great time! -- nm - The Death Sceire Feb 4, 10:15 1
      - Thanks, I hope so! -- nm - JaxSean Feb 4, 10:26
- My NYG ticket years ago was that much. But it's not like I go 4 times a year. For a one off, worth it. -- nm - Shaun Feb 4, 10:11
- To play a round of golf at Augusta National. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 4, 10:11 3
  - Ooh, this is a good one. Thankfully it was free when I played, but it's like that for TPC Sawgrass. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 4, 10:12
  - That's another good call. Augusta or Pebble Beach. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 4, 10:12 1
    - I am not a good enough golfer to pay that kind of money. - groiny Feb 4, 10:16
- I'd pay much more than that if my alma mater ever made it to the Rose Bowl or the Natl Championship. - Strongbad Feb 4, 10:10
- For one ticket, for one show? I can't imagine it. I might be tempted to pay that for a World Cup final, or to see the 100m final at the Olympics. - Loyola Feb 4, 10:10
- It's situational. Off the top of my head, Braves tix behind home plate are the only thing that'd qualify. - David Feb 4, 10:09
- Led Zeppelin. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 4, 10:08
- I spent about $400 for the weekend in Barcelona and i kind of felt bad about it. -- nm - iSpam Feb 4, 10:07 2
  - I sense a pattern here. -- nm - groiny Feb 4, 10:08 1
    - It was more because it was just me. With my family, not an issue at all. - spamlet Feb 4, 10:16
- Heck, I debated over $150 for a season ticket locally. Then I looked at last year's records and saw I paid $165 before :) - Meg Feb 4, 10:07 4
  - The reason the last few years we got to go to so many concerts is because we paid < $300 for season passes to three concert venues. - JaxSean Feb 4, 10:08 3
    - Wow. That's quite the bargin -- nm - JD Feb 4, 10:09 2
      - Yeah, this year the bidding got up to $600, and even then we considered it. - JaxSean Feb 4, 10:11 1
        
        ahh, I was thinking you saw a hell of a lot of club shows, were you like promotors or investors or just retired really well -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 4, 20:17
- 1/5th of a Hamilton ticket. -- nm - Mop Feb 4, 10:06
- i probably wouldn't pay that for a concert or show. But i will spend it on things / certain activities. -- (edited) - Andie Feb 4, 10:05 4
  - Exactly - the amount I'm spending on cruises these days I never would have considered before. -- nm - Meg Feb 4, 10:08 3
    - (the total amount just so far for the one coming up makes me ill.) -- nm - JaxSean Feb 4, 10:08 2
      - I think I have pretty much everything prepaid...except my bar bill ;) No way I could justify the drink package. - Meg Feb 4, 10:17 1
        
        OTOH, I did buy the unlimited wifi package ;) -- nm - Meg Feb 4, 10:19
- Only if it involves a blo....oh. For that much, it better include a meeting / meet and greet. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 4, 10:05
- I will likely spend that at a convention with photo ops or autographs included. -- nm - groiny Feb 4, 10:03
- depends on the show/performer. like if it was 1959, i would have dropped the equivalent of $300 to see Julie Andrews do My Fair Lady onstage - mr. plow Feb 4, 10:03
- "Thank you. Your order has been processed. Weekend 1 GA Festival Pass with Shuttle $459" - JD Feb 4, 10:03
- At this point, I don't think anything. I'm just not that passionate/interested in entertainment experiences. - TWuG Feb 4, 10:03
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What I am interested in is the folks paying $477 now for Fall tickets and how they react when some of the cast has replaced by then. - ty97 Feb 4, 09:56 3
- i don't think i know any of the current/original cast so i doubt it would matter to me -- nm - mr. plow Feb 4, 09:58
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  - You could hedge your bets with balcony for under $200. - ty97 Feb 4, 09:59
Guess I need to go make cookies. Thinking I should make cornbread and muffins for the freezer while I have the oven on. - Meg Feb 4, 09:54
Woo! Spotify is now available on the Amazon Echo. -- (edited) - JaxSean Feb 4, 09:42
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- I'd literally never heard of this play when I saw ty's post yesterday. -- nm* - David Feb 4, 10:07
- Other than it being a broadway play, I don't know what this is, nor why you all keep talking about it. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 4, 09:36 71
  - It's pretty extraordinary. -- (link) - mara Feb 4, 09:40 [youtube] 6
    - *makes it 6 seconds in* That looks dreadful. - JaxSean Feb 4, 09:44 4
      - I agree with Jax. - The Death Sceire Feb 4, 10:08 1
        
        woo! -- nm - JaxSean Feb 4, 10:09
      - of course you hate it. it's awesome. -- nm - Diva Feb 4, 09:45 1
        
        Wait. I'm not Spawn. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 4, 09:48
    - Heh, the clip above shows the "Burr shot first" t-shirt I heard about. -- nm - mara Feb 4, 09:42
  - *googles "hamilton play," clicks and starts to read wiki* Wait wait wait. It's a musical about the biography of Alexander Hamilton? *smh* -- nm - JaxSean Feb 4, 09:40 6
    - Honestly, the whole concept on paper is insane. A rap/hip-hop based biography of Hamilton? Who the fuck would see that? - ty97 Feb 4, 09:58
    - article here -- (link) - Andie Feb 4, 09:43
    - it's a 'rap' musical about the biography of Alexander Hamilton! -- nm - decline Feb 4, 09:41 3
      - It's rap, hip-hop, blues, R&B. There's all kinds of styles in there and it melds wonderfully. -- nm - ty97 Feb 4, 09:46 1
        
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      - I got my writers group copies of the soundtrack for holidays. Mega points from them -- nm - mr plow Feb 4, 09:43
  - or why I would spend 300 bucks on a ticket -- nm - groiny Feb 4, 09:38 56
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      - I got lucky that they were still 'only' 352 when I bought. -- nm - ty97 Feb 4, 09:45 25
        
        $177!!! - Diva Feb 4, 09:47 24
        
        He will be over it about 5 minutes into the show. - ty97 Feb 4, 09:49 23
        
        I would go into a depression coma if I spent that much on a show / concert. -- nm - groiny Feb 4, 09:50 21
        
        I remember feeling ill about spending close to $100 for Elton John tickets. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 4, 10:00
        
        What if the show/concert was an hour long KY-pit sparring session with Rousey? - Shaun Feb 4, 09:52
        
        I guess that is like me - i am always amazed at hearing you guys spend like, $50, on a video game, because that seems pointless to me. - Andie Feb 4, 09:51 18
        
        exactly. We bought these 6 months in advance and they're our gift for our 5th anniversary. - Diva Feb 4, 09:54
        
        I try to make sure I'll be getting a proper entertainment value out of it. - Shaun Feb 4, 09:54 10
        
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        You are sadly mistaken if you think I'm bored. But thanks for comments. -- nm - Shaun Feb 4, 10:02 4
        
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        I just need to be able to justify an expense based on how I think. But people have a myriad of hobbies and what constitutes value. - Shaun Feb 4, 10:09
        
        well, andie should not buy a video game then. -- nm - groiny Feb 4, 10:08 1
        
        right, but i don't think because *i* wouldn't get $50 worth of enjoyment from it, that no-one else could. -- nm - Andie Feb 4, 10:11
        
        since this is a once-in-a-lifetime game changer to me and my only opportunity to see the Original Cast it's just as valuable and - Diva Feb 4, 09:57 3
        
        'Ding' we all have our must attend bucket items or events -- nm - Remliks phone Feb 4, 10:02
        
        For sure. People value things differently, which is cool. I know you'll enjoy the hell out if it. - Shaun Feb 4, 10:00 1
        
        It's not a new IPhone. It's a revolutionary new musical -- nm - Deeve Feb 4, 10:17
        
        for example, the hours I have spent playing Destiny makes 100 bucks seem like nothing. - groiny Feb 4, 09:53 5
        
        Pretty sure I'm at about $0.10/hour by now, maybe even lower. That *insane* value for the $. -- nm - Shaun Feb 4, 09:55
        
        sure. but it's all based on value to you. -- nm - Andie Feb 4, 09:55 3
        
        at the end of the day, it is a 2 to 3 hour show. - groiny Feb 4, 09:58 2
        
        it's not a movie. a movie will be the same no matter what i spend on it. a live show with the original cast is not something that can be recreated. - Andie Feb 4, 10:00
        
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      - Which is ri-goddamn-diculous -- nm - Znufrii Feb 4, 09:44 28
        
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        It was more a comment on the overall pricing dynamic on bradway - Znufrii Feb 4, 09:54
        
        EXACTLY -- nm - groiny Feb 4, 09:45 25
        
        The irony of doing theater in NYC is that you can't really afford to see much theater in NYC -- nm - Znufrii Feb 4, 09:49 2
        
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        They're also making Broadway wages, unlike most theater people. - Znufrii Feb 4, 09:51
        
        well, it would be if seats were empty, being as they are not... -- nm - Andie Feb 4, 09:47 21
        
        Currently sold out through November - ty97 Feb 4, 09:48 18
        
        Is Lin Manuel scheduled to be on at those performances? -- nm - Diva Feb 4, 09:49 2
        
        Everything I've read says the understudy does Sunday matinees. - ty97 Feb 4, 09:51 1
        
        (I don't know for sure about these specific Sunday matinees though) -- nm - ty97 Feb 4, 09:51
        
        proving that some people just have too much money. -- nm - groiny Feb 4, 09:48 14
        
        *shrug* I guess I could have 'wasted' that money on a video game system instead - ty97 Feb 4, 09:50 13
        
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        heh -- nm - ty97 Feb 4, 09:54
        
        not judging you, but for a show that expensive to be sold out for that long - groiny Feb 4, 09:52 10
        
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        I could not pull the trigger on 300 bucks to get backstage meet and greet tix for Rob Zombie, who I love. -- nm - groiny Feb 4, 09:55 8
        
        Yeah but you do meet and greets and photo ops that last 1 min for close to that price. Everyone has thier thing -- nm - Remliks phone Feb 4, 10:06 1
        
        and I have a photo to last a lifetime for it. - groiny Feb 4, 10:10
        
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        I can understand $ spent on travel much easier than a 3 hour show. - groiny Feb 4, 10:01 4
        
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        you are single, knock yourself out. - groiny Feb 4, 10:05 2
        
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        also, my IM comment was more of me just being an ass, than an actual comment FTR -- nm - groiny Feb 4, 10:07
        
        sure, does not make it any less cray cray -- nm - groiny Feb 4, 09:48
        
        (i wouldn't spend that, because it's out of my budget, but i don't really begrudge them charging it.) -- nm - Andie Feb 4, 09:47
- And I want to go baaaack. -- nm - ty97 Feb 4, 09:33 5
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    - you could have gone in May with me and mel. -- nm - Diva Feb 4, 09:42 3
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        you're not a tool for waiting. now go be nice to 97. :) -- nm - Diva Feb 4, 09:44 1
        
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I'm off on Sunday. This is big. BIG. -- nm - Diva Feb 4, 09:29
Condoleezza Rice Aides, Colin Powell Also Got Classified Info on Personal Emails -- (link) - ty97 Feb 4, 09:25 16
- Help me out with a, perhaps, stupid question: Is the Secretary of State (or other cabinet-level admin) given some authority in what gets - TWuG Feb 4, 09:53 1
  - i think it's a multi-agency, ongoing determination - mr. plow Feb 4, 10:01
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  - lots of folks had done the same as this had been revealed. No one cares unless it's Hillary. -- nm - Diva Feb 4, 09:31 6
    - I think Petraeus would. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 4, 10:02 2
      - Don't you mean his mistress would? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 4, 10:10 1
        
        No, I'm pretty sure he would too. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 4, 10:11
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      - I think it was known that they used private email accounts. I don't think it had come out that there was classified info in those accounts. -- nm - pmb Feb 4, 09:33 1
        
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- That's the point I've been raising all along. I just didn't think anyone was looking at their email. -- nm - pmb Feb 4, 09:29
- "None of the messages were marked classified when originally sent," -- nm - Max Feb 4, 09:27 1
  - That sounds familiar! -- nm - ty97 Feb 4, 09:28
- Good thing those people are not running for President! -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 09:26 1
  - I have it on good authority that Jim Gilmore is Condi in disguise. -- nm - ty97 Feb 4, 09:27
- No one cares unless it's Hillary. -- nm - Diva Feb 4, 09:25
Prop bet fun. What number will be higher? Arsenal goals scored on Sunday or Manning TD passes. -- nm - CQ Feb 4, 09:23 3
- I'll put the farm on 'Number of Coors Lites CQ will have'. -- nm - Shaun Feb 4, 09:24 2
  - That's such an easy bet, the house won't even take it -- nm - ty97 Feb 4, 09:26
  - I told the wife I'd put the kids to bed again tonight (i did it last night) so the rotation would be her turn on Sunday. - CQ Feb 4, 09:26
isznustillonhold.com -- nm - ty97 Feb 4, 09:22 2
- F*ck no, I've got better things to do -- nm - Znufrii Feb 4, 09:34 1
  - ~ there are worse things I could do, then sit on hold for a minute or two~ -- nm - Znu Rizzo Feb 4, 09:36

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