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RU(BAE)O - Spawn Feb 4, 12:15 1
- I wonder if he has bottled water as part of his merch? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 12:15
5'th century church found in Turkey -- (link) - Peglegpete Feb 4, 12:11 1
- 5th century turkey found in church -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 12:13
Colony has been renewed for a second season. -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 12:05 5
- Speaking of SciFi shows--did The Expanse end well in the first season? - ML Feb 4, 12:07 4
  - Miller's and Holden's stories merge. And the season ends with a big event that is a cliffhanger. - TWuG Feb 4, 12:22
  - The Thomas Jane stuff gets better, but yeah, it's definitely the weak part of the show. - sycor Feb 4, 12:19 1
    - Thomas Jane can never get worse, but he'll also never get better. - David Feb 4, 12:23
  - It continues to build and is worth sticking with it -- nm - decline Feb 4, 12:15
I'm teaching an AP class this term. It's a bit of an adjustment -- (edited) - Reagen Feb 4, 12:02 1
- Question 1. Prove Fermat's Last Theorem without referencing Wiles. -- nm - Baron Whitlock Feb 4, 12:18
The responses to this tweet are blowing up my Twitter timeline -- (link) - ML Feb 4, 12:02 29
- Super Bowl Halftime: Phish -- nm - Max Feb 4, 12:30 1
  - Super Bowl Halftime: Nickelback -- nm - Strongbad Feb 4, 12:31
- we all die alone -- nm - decline Feb 4, 12:22
- eat sleep shit. die -- nm - Peglegpete Feb 4, 12:22
- He spent life alone. -- nm - TWuG Feb 4, 12:19
- pixie still can't count -- nm - Strongbad Feb 4, 12:18
- Spawn, you are right. -- nm - spamlet Feb 4, 12:18
- David Bowie has died -- nm - mud Feb 4, 12:17
- 2016 St. Louis Rams -- nm - ML Feb 4, 12:17
- I never said "sorry." -- nm - Andie Feb 4, 12:16
- why is the food gone? -- nm - chubbers Feb 4, 12:15 2
  - FAIL -- nm - David Feb 4, 12:18 1
    - "why's". There, fixed it. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 12:18
- Villa to be relegated -- nm - CQ Feb 4, 12:15
- I bought an XBone! -- nm - Shaun Feb 4, 12:14 1
  - Red Ring of Death -- nm - Strongbad Feb 4, 12:15
- Yeah, I shorted BLAIR. -- nm - Reagen Feb 4, 12:13
- "Raiders select Jamarcus Russell" -- nm - ML Feb 4, 12:13
- NL Adopts Designated Hitter. -- nm - Ender Feb 4, 12:10
- David: Most Improved Poster -- nm - Roger More Feb 4, 12:10
- Choices: Trump, Rubio, Cruz -- nm - ty97 Feb 4, 12:09
- your president, donald trump -- nm - dogbert Feb 4, 12:08
- Blair Walsh shanked it -- nm - ML Feb 4, 12:08
- Blair Walsh nineteen yards -- nm - mr. plow Feb 4, 12:08
- "Oscar winner Colin Firth" -- nm - David Feb 4, 12:08
- we are using twitter. -- nm - Truman Feb 4, 12:08
- Firefly has been cancelled. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 12:05
- ...and mom died too. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 4, 12:05
- "ML lost his zubaz." -- nm - Ender Feb 4, 12:04
Just went ahead and downgraded my TV package. Wonder if they'll react? - Meg Feb 4, 12:01
Ever wonder why bald eagles are always photographed from the side? -- (link) - Shaun Feb 4, 11:52 14
- No but I wonder how they make that kissy face for the camera. -- nm - pmb Feb 4, 12:19
- Hillary....Bernie -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 4, 12:10
- I beg your pardon? -- (link) - Bald eagle Feb 4, 12:02 [Image] 1
  - Get back to your rose garden. -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 12:02
- They are rare around here, but we saw a bald eagle last Sunday. It has been years since I saw one last, back when I lived in FL -- nm - CQ Feb 4, 11:55 9
  - I thought you lived here in the US? - Spawn Feb 4, 12:03
  - they're very common here--usually see one every week or so - ML Feb 4, 11:58 3
    - Their winter nesting grounds are about 45 minutes from here on the Mississippi. We should try to head over there again sometime. -- nm - spamlet Feb 4, 12:19
    - We see a lot of hawks here now, they've really come back in the past ~10 years. -- nm - Andie Feb 4, 12:01 1
      - One cool thing about here is I still get to see many ospreys and hawks. -- nm - CQ Feb 4, 12:06
  - I see them at one of the lakes I fish at here in PA. - decline Feb 4, 11:57 3
    - there's one that lives at fisherman's paradise that I see all the time when I go out walking. -- (link) - amanda jonas Feb 4, 11:58 2
      - This was last August -- (link) - decline Feb 4, 12:03 1
        
        *eyes sky nervously* -- nm - chubbers Feb 4, 12:08
i bet Bob Dylan still feels like beating his kid every time "One Headlight" randomly comes on the radio -- nm - mr. plow Feb 4, 11:45 1
- better than 90% of his ouervre -- nm - mud Feb 4, 11:59
LYC: Adding the first Annihilation event books and Cosmic Powers to my keep list of comics. - Beaker Feb 4, 11:40
for Will -- (link) - groiny Feb 4, 11:34 1
- Thank god my network is so slow, the video didn't load. Also. - Will Hunting Feb 4, 11:35
i guess mandy got send home to change -- nm - mr. plow Feb 4, 11:30 4
- I'm in budget review. I'm positioned suboptimally to slack off. -- nm - amanda jonas Feb 4, 11:47 3
  - my FO is right next to me. -- nm - amanda jonas Feb 4, 11:50 1
    - let's play "give mandy the giggles in budget review" go -- nm - mr. plow Feb 4, 11:52
  - slash! slash! -- nm - mr. plow Feb 4, 11:49
Whoa. - Spawn Feb 4, 11:29 1
- Whitewashing! -- nm - Roger More Feb 4, 11:40
B2: Talladega and Bristol are way more fun than Daytona. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 4, 11:27 6
- Totally agree. Love the track at Talladega and the racing is much better there and Bristol compared to Daytona. - ReluctantCynic Feb 4, 11:36
- Martinsville is the one that I want to see a race at. -- nm - spamlet Feb 4, 11:32 4
  - If we go to another, it would be Darlington or Martinsville. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 4, 11:34 3
    - Darlington would be good as well. - spamlet Feb 4, 11:38
    - My brother and I are thinking of going to Darlington or Richmond in the fall. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 4, 11:37 1
      - Richmond at night would be fun. -- nm - Strongbad Feb 4, 11:46
*whew* -- (link) - ML Feb 4, 11:23 2
- Hey... polling on Twitter? That's... new? -- nm - Mop Feb 4, 11:31 1
  - Oh, Mop. -- nm - mara Feb 4, 11:31
Down goes Keurig! -- (link) - ML Feb 4, 11:21 28
- Martin Shkreli liked Keurig so much, he bought the company, and raised the price for a K-Cup 500%. -- nm - Mop Feb 4, 11:51
- Heh, I always think "kegel" when I read their name. -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 11:38 1
  - that's pretty dumb - mr. plow Feb 4, 11:50
- My wife used a Keurig for a while. She always tried to clean & recycle the pods. Pain in the ass. - Beryllium Feb 4, 11:37 1
  - My gf loves her French press. -- nm - Krusty Feb 4, 11:38
- We almost bought a Hamilton Beach one that used coffee "discs" - but they're so hard to find as opposed to the plastic. We still use a pot. - JaxSean Feb 4, 11:28 2
  - We just decided to get a Keurig at work. It hasn't even been installed yet. -- nm - mara Feb 4, 11:31 1
    - When there's 40+ people, it's great because people can have different "flavors," but it's incredibly wasteful (and expensive). -- nm - JaxSean Feb 4, 11:56
- Good. -- nm - Krusty Feb 4, 11:24 19
  - the 2.0 is going to make the marketing textbooks -- (edited) - ML Feb 4, 11:26 18
    - That and they've basically hit saturation at this point. It's similar to Apple and iPhones, the market is only so big. -- nm - spamlet Feb 4, 11:39 9
      - Right. We have 1 in the house and 1 for the camper. Don't need anymore. -- nm - Jim Feb 4, 12:02 5
        
        I have a feeling I know the answer to this but... - ML Feb 4, 12:03 4
        
        Well, we were only able to squeeze in 2 trips before we had to winterize - but it was - Jim Feb 4, 12:04 3
        
        NICE - ML Feb 4, 12:05 2
        
        It really is. And our boys are bigger than me now, so having the double bunks is really nice. The extra space as well. - Jim Feb 4, 12:07 1
        
        *whimper* -- nm - ML Feb 4, 12:18
      - I'll admit it could be multi-factor, but that first graph in the article is damning about the 2.0 being the main cause - ML Feb 4, 12:00
      - what about the quality of the machines, I heard there was an issue of them not lasting long -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 4, 11:49
      - this was my thought. -- nm - Beaker Feb 4, 11:39
    - Seriously. It's also a terribly wasteful product with those cups. Is coffee so hard or tedious to make? - Krusty Feb 4, 11:31 6
      - Also, have a look at the bottom of that article. The pods may be wasteful, but they use a lot less coffee than drip machines (and probably every other - Roger More Feb 4, 11:56
      - There are places (the workplace, hotels, etc) where it's better for the user to make it quickly. -- nm - Roger More Feb 4, 11:51
      - You can buy a reusable pod and make coffee that way. I just bought one and I love it. -- nm - kelly Feb 4, 11:50 3
        
        the reusable is all we ever used. i drink decaf, dave drinks regular. for us it makes sense (vs two pots of coffee.) -- nm* - Andie Feb 4, 11:52 2
        
        We have a few boxes of kcups left for stuff like cider and hot chocolate (got them on sale). Once those are gone, no more kcups. -- nm - kelly Feb 4, 11:56 1
        
        I don't get the soup and hot chocolate ones. You...just add hot water. -- nm - JaxSean Feb 4, 11:58
    - For sure. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 11:26
This is a great endorsement for Deadpool -- (link) - decline Feb 4, 11:21 2
- heh -- nm - Beaker Feb 4, 11:22 1
  - I *splurted* when I read that. Can. Not. Wait. -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 11:25
Arrow is becoming painful to watch. Everyone is so whiny and morose. Flash has Cisco and Supernatural can bring the funny but Arrow is -- (edited) - Beaker Feb 4, 11:19 3
- Becoming? More like you are just now realizing it. -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 11:25 2
  - It's like Heroes. People swear that it was good at one point, but that's their minds playing tricks on them. -- nm - David Feb 4, 11:36
  - nah, it was fun once, even Neal and Barrowman can't save this season -- nm - Beaker Feb 4, 11:26
$5 says Shkreli has tortured animals in the past. -- nm - Reagen Feb 4, 11:16 18
- Martin Shkreli doesn't know what the big deal is about Johnny Manziel's behavior. -- nm* - Mop Feb 4, 11:41 2
  - free market gonna free -- nm - mr. plow Feb 4, 11:43
  - they'd make a good tag team for the WWE -- nm - Beaker Feb 4, 11:41
- Martin Shkreli was molested by Daryush Valizadeh as a child. -- nm - Mop Feb 4, 11:33 1
  - Or should be now. Either way. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 4, 11:36
- "Martin Shkreli is actually a great guy" - Actual headline on Yahoo! Finance Feb 4, 11:29
- I'm going to go out on a limb and say we should round up all his friends as well. - Will Hunting Feb 4, 11:24 1
  - VIP areas in nightclubs were invented for this type of douchebag as a pen to keep them away from normal people. -- nm - Mop Feb 4, 11:40
- $5 more says his pants were off during or soon afterwards. -- nm - Baron Whitlock Feb 4, 11:21
- I wonder if American Psycho is his life philosophy? -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 11:18 8
  - i think i need to rewatch American Psycho. -- nm - Andie Feb 4, 11:19 7
    - That was one of my favorite in theater viewings. -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 11:26
    - I was particularly thinking the stuff with the prostitutes might apply to him. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 11:19 5
      - "I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and - Andie Feb 4, 11:20 4
        
        Yes, exactly! Like that, but slightly more millennial. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 4, 11:21 3
        
        So no business cards? :( -- nm - Baron Whitlock Feb 4, 11:31 2
        
        This hoodie only comes in Bone. -- nm - Shkreli si Feb 4, 11:34 1
        
        That's great. Really great. Let's see Mark Zuckerberg's hoodie. -- nm - Baron Whitlock Feb 4, 11:38
The Des Moines Register is calling for an audit of the Democrat IA caucus results. -- (link) - ML Feb 4, 11:16 6
- I'm amazed that (according to the snopes article mara posted the other day) that the caucuses don't have to report on whether there was a coin-flip, - Roger More Feb 4, 11:59 1
  - didn't you get the memo? Iowa MUST go first because they take their democratic responsibility more seriously than any other state in the country - mr. plow Feb 4, 12:03
- They're right. The world *is* laughing at Iowa. - David Feb 4, 11:35
- Probably a good idea. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Feb 4, 11:33
- Eh. It was razor thin. Tipping it one way or the other for a primary isn't really going to move the needle. -- nm - pmb Feb 4, 11:21
- I believe Chicago Auditor is one of NBC's summer shows -- nm - Beaker Feb 4, 11:17
Oof, NFLX has been a boat anchor so far this year. - Reagen Feb 4, 11:15 1
- It's also up about 40% YoY. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 4, 11:20
For my ST Love/Hate BF: The ball is tipped.. -- (link) - Spawn Feb 4, 11:14
TV PSA: Legends of Tomorrow, AI, Madoff, BBT, Life in Pieces, Smackdown, The 100, Blacklist, Mom, Angel From Hell, Baskets, Colony, Elementary, -- nm - Beaker Feb 4, 11:14 6
- I have not been impressed by Legends so far. Gonna give it one more ep and then probably drop it. -- nm - decline Feb 4, 11:18 4
  - Yeah, not a fan of the Rip casting. Like Canary and the Prison Break guys, but that is about it -- nm - Beaker Feb 4, 11:20 3
    - The second half of the pilot was much stronger, but yeah. -- nm - Spawn Feb 4, 11:28 2
      - don't like the Vandal Savage casting either. He's too small. -- nm - Beaker Feb 4, 11:32 1
        
        Size queen. -- nm - Yoda Feb 4, 11:35
- Lip Sync Battle, London Spy, Shades of Blue, Workaholics, other stuff -- nm - Beaker Feb 4, 11:14
Ludacris fans take note: Astros OF L.J. Hoes has been outrighted to Norfolk. Norfolk is in area code 757. -- nm* - ML Feb 4, 11:13

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